Posts Tagged ‘maserati boomerang’

Toyota buys another chunk of FHI, Subaru

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Back in April, Toyota announced that it would be gobbling up a larger percentage of Fuji Heavy Industries, makers of the Subaru brand of vehicles. Today, that deal has been made official as Fuji announced the sale that increases Toyota's voting rights in the automaker to 16.16 percent from 9.50 perc......

Subaru worried that RWD coupe could dilute brand

Monday, April 21st, 2008
One topic of debate that began raging after Toyota and Subaru officially announced their collaboration on a lightweight, rear-wheel-drive coupe was how the Toyobaru would be marketed, particularly with both brands getting their own models. Apparently, Subaru execs share our concerns.Subaru has brand......

Subaru to stop making Kei Cars

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Last week's announcement that Toyota wants to raise its stake in Subaru's parent company Fuji Heavy Industries looked to have no down side. Subaru gets $300 million with which to build a new factory, Toyota gets greater access to FHI's high tech batteries for hybrids, and both get to build the affor......

Toyota/Subaru RWD sports car confirmed for 2011 with boxer engine

Thursday, April 10th, 2008
At a press conference in Japan today, Toyota CEO Katsuaki Watanabe finally confirmed that his company is jointly developing a pair of rear-wheel-drive sports cars with Subaru. Each brand will get its own version of the car, which will be powered by one of Subaru's boxer engines, though the engine's ......

Toyota to double stake in Subaru parent, Fuji Heavy

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Emerging reports indicate that Toyota is preparing to nearly double its stake in Subaru's parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries. Toyota initially bought into Fuji when that other automotive giant, General Motors, sold its 8.7% stake to its Japanese rival. The new share-grab, the door to which was op......

And you thought Barrett-Jackson had it big

Saturday, April 16th, 2005
The major bidding on exotic cars continues. Those guys that dropped a few hundred thousand on some muscle cars have nothing on this 1972 Maserati Boomerang expected to fetch at least a cool million dollars at Christies auto auction. Heck even Christies website has a museum feel to it. There's a terr......