At the risk of shaking up a hornets' nest, and probably against my better judgement....

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...DATE/607110420

Will this be huge news in the auto industry? I'm thinking most likely not, because the incidents occured on cars made and sold in Japan.

 

Inconceivable!

They should be thrown off The Cliffs of Insanity!

 

WHHHHAAAAT! You mean Toyota isn't led only by Beautiful and Perfect People Dedicated to Making Everyone Feel Warm and Fuzzy (and Saving The Planet?)

Mommy! Mommy! HEEEELLLLLP!

 

As I was saying.... Ok...so....how much could this hurt Toyota's image? Will it become a huge story? I'm not convinced it will.

 

BUT CHEVY IS RELEASING ITS NEW GAS HUNGRY SUV AND TRUCK THIS YEAR WHEN GAS IS FOURMILLION DOLLARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"We're not sure why one of those guys left the company"

 

Toyota kills babies too:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...30/1148/AUTO01

"Fixing the actual problem is too expensive, so we'll just disable the Passenger Airbag switch."

Nice.

Two thumbs up for superior Japanese engineering.

 

Correct, while these allegations are certainly serious, to call 'media bias' the moment you see this missing from CNN's headlines would be dumb considering it occurred in Japan regarding Japanese made and sold vehicles and 'may' have caused 'a' (single) accident...

 

About all of their recall decisions comes from Japan though dont they?

 

You can be tried and found guilty for plotting to kill somebody without going through with it. Likewise I don't think they should be let off the hook for covering up recalls, even if nobody was hurt. Again, assuming the allegations are true.

 

I never said anyone should be let off the hook, in fact I said this is certainly a serious matter. I just wanted to get it out of the way that yes of course this isn't going to make headline news in the US for a variety of reasons. I mean, consider how little we heard of the Chinese auto industry's version of Enron as compared to the Enron scandle itself.

 

Hmm, this accident happened in Japan. I wonder how it'll affect their sales over there?

 

Point taken, but I could certainly see cause for concern....after all, Toyota is a global company, and their executives doing this in Japan can have major implications for the rest of their global operations....

It's kind of like some GM exec in Detroit being indicted for covering up Chevy recalls....I think the Holden fans down under might get just a little squirmish that something of this magnitude could happen in the company that builds their cars.

 

From the article: "The model affected by the 2004 recall, totaling 1.2 million vehicles, was sold in 180 nations abroad including the U.S. and Europe, and a recall was carried out in September 2005, according to Toyota. Eighteen cases of problems were reported from overseas, but there were no accidents or injuries, it said."

What U.S. model was affected?

 

But wait, there's more... http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=33984

PS Apologies if already posted elsewhere.

 

Who's the guy with the Scion here?

Does it have a sunroof?

Has it shattered?

Did Toyota blame it on the operator, as per their usual M.O. (such as: seat belts... engine sludge... child seat tethers... etc...)?


"You no sticky head through closed sunroof, sunroof no breaky-breaky!!! All your fault!!! All your fault!!! We no pay fixy-fixy Roundeyes!!!"





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