Nissan will indeed be expanding its Chinese line-up at the upcoming 2008 Auto China in Beijing, or so states a Chinese press release on the 2008 Auto China motor show pages. On top of this, Nissan China has released a teaser image of what can only be the production version of the Nissan Intima Concept. The press release mentions nothing about the name but does label the car as Nissan’s new flagship model in China.
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TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. denied on Wednesday it had received any funding from the Japanese government to develop its hit Prius gas-electric hybrid car.

Japan’s top automaker rejected a March 24 Business Week report that quoted Jim Press, vice chairman and president of Chrysler LLC and a former board member at Toyota, as saying, “The Japanese government paid for 100% of the development of the battery and hybrid system that went into the Toyota Prius.”

Press worked for 37 years at Toyota, including the years of research for the Prius, which went on sale 10 years ago. He left Toyota for Chrysler last September.
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