What we're reading this morning about Toyota's darkest days, GM's sharpened blades and makeup for barnyard animals:
Toyota says 2012 sales may rise 20% on recovery [Bloomberg] The opposite of this headline from Toyota this morning forecasting a boom in its car sales for 2012: The Japanese automaker will not be the world's largest in 2011, predicting sales this year will fall 9% to 7.9 million. That leaves a contest between General Motors and Volkswagen for the top slot.
GM hires consulting firms to find white-collar job cuts [Detroit Free Press] Back in Detroit, General Motors has asked consulting firms to scour its salary ranks and find places to trim jobs. GM has thousands of fewer employees now than it did pre-bankrupcy.
LaHood opposes ban on hand-free calls [Detroit News] A week later, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood comes forth with his word on whether all cellphone use by drivers should be banned. Opposing the National Transportation Safety Board's call, Hood said hands-free calls should be allowed. Since there's no science to say just how dangerous hands-free calling is in the real world, expect this volley and serve to continue for a couple of years.
Honda adds 2.4 liter 4-cylinder to Crosstour [Carscoop] The Honda Accord Crosstour ranks as one of the three ugliest new cars sold to the American public today. In response for 2012, Honda is dropping the "Accord" name and adding an optional 4-cylinder engine in place of the standard V6. That's a lovely shade of rouge you've got on your lips, Ms. Pig.
Top: The official shot of the Lexus LF-LH hybrid concept, set to be revealed in Detroit next month
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