As for their name, take your pick: Type 2, T2, Kombi, Transporter, Bulli, Micro Bus, Samba Minibus, Vanagon, Caravelle, Clipper L. The warm feelings will no doubt be chilled by Volkswagen's announcement that production of the much-adored rear-engine vans will shut down at the end of 2013, after 63 years.
Daihatsu, Japan's second-largest maker of mini-cars -- vehicles with 660-cubic-centimeter engines or less -- will shut down its sales affiliate, the Daihatsu-Phranakorn Motor Company, a spokesman here, Ken Koike, said.
Japanese firms, for their part, sniff a big new market.In the vanguard is Toyota, which plans to launch a car in 2009 that will shut down the engine if its driver is drunk, using sensors on the steering wheel to measure the alcohol level in the driver's sweat.
Just 3 months after its public launch following 2 years of private beta, content discovery engine Thoora today announced that it will shut down.
Instead, the cruise ship will shut down its engines and plug into a giant electrical outlet built especially for the port.
Instead, they said, it is more likely that the company will shut down the Chinese search engine and try to reach Chinese customers through its search engine based in the United States.
Under the agreement signed by the men, North Korea will shut down the Dongchang-ri missile engine testing facility and missile launch pad, according to Moon.
