Incoming Toyota boss literally in the driving seat

Toyota Motor Corp has said that incoming president Akio Toyoda, the grandson of the company's founder, will be a driver on their team in a 24-hour endurance race in Germany.

Mr Toyoda, 52, was picked as president in January - an appointment viewed as symbolic of the Japanese carmaker's determination to ride out the global slump and what is expected to be its first annual loss in nearly 60 years.