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  Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico.   Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico.   Honda said it will cut some production next week at all U.S. and Canadian plants, and suspend output at plants in Mexico from March 18. Toyota said some lines, shifts or potentially entire plants are expected to be temporarily halted for several days in Kentucky, West Virginia and Mexico.

Lexus won't venture into the supercar stratosphere with an LFA successor anytime soon, a top executive says.

TrueCar, the online car-buying service that has struggled to find its marketing voice, is pitching the joy of vehicle ownership rather than price in a new campaign. The campaign has a new pitchman: actor Owen Wilson, who is familiar to TrueCar's target audience: millennial parents who are moving up in their careers and starting families, said Lucas Donat, TrueCar chief marketing officer.

Lexus, quickly narrowing the U.S. sales gap with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, will have its busiest product year since the brand's inception, with as many as nine new or tweaked models, including a key redesign, three midcycle refreshes, new turbocharged options and a special edition in 2015.

Honda Division expects to beat last year's 1 percent U.S. sales increase as it breathes new life into its truck lineup in 2015. The brand is introducing several new and restyled models this year, prompting executives to call 2015 "the year of Honda."

Toyota Motor Sales expects to top 2.4 million in U.S. sales this year with several new and freshened models across its Toyota, Lexus and Scion divisions, up from just under that mark last year, executives said. Some of that extra volume will come when the redesigned 2016 Tacoma pickup reaches showrooms during the fourth quarter.

Acura dealers should prepare for an uptick in U.S. sales and service orders this year, executives told dealers at the NADA convention. Dealers expect to benefit from redesigns of the ILX entry-level sedan and RDX compact crossover, as well as a restructuring of Acura's leasing program to compete with German luxury automakers.

Online car-buying service TrueCar said the mobile app it will release this year will enable dealers and automakers to collect an unprecedented amount of information on customers.

Toyota Motor Sales plans to top 2.4 million in US sales this year across its Toyota, Lexus and Scion divisions, up from 2.37 million units last year. Some of that extra volume will come when the redesigned 2016 Tacoma pickup truck reaches showrooms during the fourth quarter, executives said Sunday.

Lexus expanded its lineup to 11 nameplates from nine last year with the new NX crossover, for which Lexus is targeting 40,000 sales in 2015, and the sporty RC coupe that's attracting new customers to the brand. Dealers will get a boost this year from a redesigned RX and an F performance version of the GS sedan.