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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 20, 2006 12:10 pm) Will GM suddenly catch some 'media sympathy' once they are #2 (and slipping) in the auto industry? Toyota PR has been effective. All these recalls will make John Q. Public a lot more skeptical of Toyota's claims.
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Replying to: scott1256 (Jul 20, 2006 12:30 pm) Yes, I think they will. Also, as time goes by there will be less and less people (journalists) out there who got burned by the truly crappy GM cars of the 80s and 90s. But here's a thought too: Toyota's recalls have increased as their volume increased. Won't GM's number of recalls probably go down as their volume DECREASES? |
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...I think this (Toyota recalls) is much ado about nothing. Like the latest one, in which USA Today (I think) showed a photo of the current generation Prius, but when you read halfway down the article, you find that the recalled vehicles include the 2001-02 Echo and Prius, that is the prior generation. |
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| ...this particular recall is much ado about nothing in the US, it's pretty big worldwide. And add it to a number of other major recalls from Toyota recently and I would say you had "something". | |
| ...but I have had 3 Camrys (2 currently), and they are all by far the most reliable cars I've owned (along with my '98 Nissan Frontier), going back more than 3 decades. | |
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Sounds like management realizes there is an image problem building for the Toyota brand. "The world-class quality that we've built is our lifeline," President Katsuaki Watanabe told a mid-year news conference dominated by questions over Toyota's recent quality woes. "There will be no growth without an improvement in quality." http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2006-07-20-toyota-quality_x.htm |
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supposedly hurting Toyota...it sure isn't showing up in their sales.
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jul 30, 2006 12:33 pm) Agreed. I believe that it is due to the longevity of Toyota's seemingly impeccable quality reputation up until the last few years. A lot of Toyota's recalls haven't affected vehicles that were sold in North America; which is a tremendous portion of their worldwide market share. There are countless numbers of people in the U.S. that still feel as though a bad Toyota is better than the best Ford Motor Co. or General Motors product. I'm not so sure that they aren't correct.  Toyota has always been pretty good about standing behind their products--with the one exception that I heard about recently where they tried to cover up a major design flaw that lead to a safety issue. The Japanese authorities are even involved in an investigative probe into the company over their reluctance to disclose information about the problematic vehicles. This particular issue definitely looks bad on the company, but I don't even think that this situation will taint Toyota's 'image' all that much in the U.S.--except with the die-hard domestic vehicle fans that already have their minds made up about Toyota and other "foreign" brands. All I know is that I am hanging on to my 2002 Lexus IS300, mainly due to the fact that it hasn't given me any trouble at all thus far. In fact, nothing that even remotely resembles a quality issue has cropped up yet. The only other car that I have ever owned that has been this good to me was also made by Toyota Motor Co. It was a new 1985 Toyota MR2. That little car turned out to be bulletproof--and I ran the absolute crap out of it for quite some time. Ron M. |
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A reporter seeks to interview current and former Texans with opinions about the recent Toyota recalls. Please reply to jfallon edmunds.com by Tuesday, August 8, 2006 with your daytime contact info, a description of your Texas connection and a few words about whether you think the Toyota recalls will affect the Toyota brand.
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Replying to: KarenS (Aug 14, 2006 10:31 am)  Rocky
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