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A man takes a photograph of a 2010 Prius hybrid at the Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota is recalling about 170,000 of the 2010 model Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose its global plans for a fix as the automaker scrambles to repair damage to its reputation from a spate of safety problems.

The Boston Globe
Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
TOKYO-Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems -- the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)

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The Wichita Eagle
Toyota recalling Prius in Japan for brakes
TOKYO - Toyota is recalling about 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose its global plans for a fix as the automaker scrambles to repair damage to its... (photo: Public Domain / Bull-Doser)

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid photographed in Wheaton, Maryland, USA.

The Dallas Morning News
Ford and GM gain sales as Toyota tumbles off pedestal
Toyota's cruise to the top of the auto industry has taken a dramatic, screeching U-turn, suddenly providing some open lanes for Ford and General Motors. As the storied Japanese automaker moved to... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)

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Honda Civic- anther model in the Car Bandwagon

Business Day Online
Car wars
How the mighty have fallen. For, history was created last year when for the first time, China sold more cars than America. Industry data shows that in 2009, as against a figure of 10.4 million... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)

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Toyota soarer also called as Lexus SC - a coupe convertible

The Times
Lexus hybrid steered into Toyota's suspect-brake recall
The recall crisis at Toyota has spread to the Lexus, the carmaker's luxury marque, as its hybrid model is set to join the third-generation Prius on recall because of... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)

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Houston Chronicle
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota's powerful DC friends
WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. The company has sought to sow... (photo: AP / Luca Bruno)
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Star Tribune
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, but are they enough?
WASHINGTON - Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. The company has sought to sow... (photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh)
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The Boston Globe
Toyota says it will act soon on Priuses
TOKYO - said yesterday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)

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Toyota Prius plug-in photographed at the 2010 Washington Auto Show.

The New York Times
Toyota Is to Extend Recall to 2010 Prius Model Cars
TOKYO - Toyota plans to recall at least 311,000 of its 2010 Prius hybrid models after receiving a flurry of complaints about the vehicle's brakes, a person briefed on the... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)

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