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01-27-2010, 10:08 AM

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jg95z28

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Its time for Toyota to bring back one of their old ad jingles...

You... asked for it...
You got it... Toyota

01-27-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 1fastdog

Perception is something manufacturers work hard to cultivate positive perception of their products.

In my own personal opinion, Toyota had benefitted perceptionwise regarding their product's dependability and not styling or innovation with exception of, maybe, the Prius.

I don't see that Toyota has handled this skillfully from a PR standpoint. In fact it has been anything but skillful, IMPO.

I don't know if "face" is playing a part in this but I will suggest that "face" plays a bigger role in eastern culture and in eastern business culture.

Particularly in Japan.

I betting things are very wierd in the hallways of Toyota at this point.

We'll probably hear of some Toyota exec. committing suicide in the next few weeks.

01-27-2010, 11:17 AM

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One thing I noticed is that you never ever hear the word Lexus uttered in this whole situation. The 4 people that died a few months ago in California were driving an ES350.

01-27-2010, 12:34 PM

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One thing I noticed is that you never ever hear the word Lexus uttered in this whole situation. The 4 people that died a few months ago in California were driving an ES350.

I noticed that too. That, and the Prius which has been involved in more than one of these incidents.

01-27-2010, 02:36 PM

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One thing I noticed is that you never ever hear the word Lexus uttered in this whole situation. The 4 people that died a few months ago in California were driving an ES350.

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I noticed that too. That, and the Prius which has been involved in more than one of these incidents.

Which is what I keep reminding my friends and family who keep talking about buying a Lexus (or Toyota).

01-28-2010, 10:21 PM

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I don't see that Toyota has handled this skillfully from a PR standpoint. In fact it has been anything but skillful, IMPO.

100% agreed. They've had ample opportunity to fix these problems and instead swept them under the rug. They obviously didn't learn anything from Ford's mistakes.