While You Were Sleeping: Toyota Fortuner SUV for Oz, More Airbag Recalls and Stowaways Hide in Maseratis

Friday, May 22, 2015

While You Were Sleeping: Toyota Fortuner SUV for Oz, More Airbag Recalls and Stowaways Hide in Maseratis

In addition to the go-anywhere Toyota HiLux, it looks like Australia will get a Fortuner reprise.

Here's what happened overnight.

Confirmed: Toyota Fortuner SUV is go for Australia (GoAuto)
"We haven't secured or announced anything, but it's going to come."
Toyota Tundra subject of "enormous" Australian demand (CarAdvice)
Aussies want bigger trucks.
Mazda, Subaru, Mitsubishi add 710,000 cars to Takata air bag recall (Reuters)
And the tally keeps climbing…
Vettel: The new Marlboro Man (F1-Insider.com [Warning: German])
Quick Seb appears in Marlboro advertisements around Monaco.
BMW Compact Sedan rendered based on Fiat Aegea (Theophilus Chin)
While it would never happen, it's interesting the Fiat's lines work so damn well as a BMW.
Goldman Sachs sees $45 oil by October (USA Today)
Surplus of crude and capital will drive oil prices down after recent rebound.
Iconic Fast And Furious Supra Fetches $185,000 At Auction (CarScoops)
The F&F Supra from the first movie in the franchise has sold for stupid money.
A vehicle was spotting that looks like an Uber self-driving car, but the company denies it (Business Insider)
"This is not a self-driving test car. This vehicle is part of our early research efforts regarding mapping, safety and autonomy systems."
Parallel Parking On Driving Tests Is Pointless (Jalopnik)
There's not enough time during a test to waste on skills that won't save your life.
Holden issues forced redundancies at Elizabeth plant (CarAdvice)
Up to 90 jobs forcibly cut after identifying voluntary layoff opportunities.
Stowaways found in new Maserati sports cars in Surrey (BBC)
Who knew there were first class tickets for human trafficking?