Over the last year, since 2009, the Toyota car company has recalled over 10 million automobiles. The reason was primarily faulty accelerator pedals and problems with brakes. These defects gave new meaning to the Toyota marketing slogan: "Moving Forward" - and how!
Now comes news the company is recalling 260,000 Lexus and Crown models due to faulty engine valves. Funny, how since the previous problems, Toyota has been advertising how safety conscious and quality control driven (no pun intended) the company is.
We should have seen it coming. In an attempt to assure consumers Gulf States Toyota President Toby Hynes was quoted recently as saying, "The core Toyota product is still the same product." This must be a company media line because the automaker's most recent television commericals use the same thing - along the lines that while other things have changed in our lives, Toyota remains the same. Yikes! We should have seen the signs.
Now if Toyota put as much time and energy into making cars as it does into making ads maybe then they'd have a better product. Watch the following video to see what I mean. Alas, it was never shown...
Now comes news the company is recalling 260,000 Lexus and Crown models due to faulty engine valves. Funny, how since the previous problems, Toyota has been advertising how safety conscious and quality control driven (no pun intended) the company is.
We should have seen it coming. In an attempt to assure consumers Gulf States Toyota President Toby Hynes was quoted recently as saying, "The core Toyota product is still the same product." This must be a company media line because the automaker's most recent television commericals use the same thing - along the lines that while other things have changed in our lives, Toyota remains the same. Yikes! We should have seen the signs.
Now if Toyota put as much time and energy into making cars as it does into making ads maybe then they'd have a better product. Watch the following video to see what I mean. Alas, it was never shown...
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I agree that Toyota has some marketing (and product) issues, though. The only Prius incident we've had so far in Norway, however, turned out to be bogus. I guess "My breaks didn't work, look it's a Prius!" was a handy excuse for this particular unlucky driver...
There were a series of editorial cartoons over here with drivers telling cops, "But it's a Toyota" in an effort to avoid a speeding ticket.
It's unfortunate that after those ads about quality control the company still has problems.
Forget my safety, just hand over some of that moolah.
I'll take care of my own safety.
Apparently the ad did air in Norway, the market it was intended for, according to Cruella above, but I think it got yanked. You Tube says it was banned. I loved it!
I had a '88 4-Runner - what a fun vehicle and the best looking of the line. It also served well on those snow days when I lived out in the boonies.
Love the 'toon, too!
Not that it'll get me to buy a Toyota, but still.
We have a guy here in prison because his Toyota killed a family one Sunday morning. It's on appeal now but he has already served 3 years. Maybe they should give some of those millions to those two families?
We have a guy here in prison because his Toyota killed a family one Sunday morning. It's on appeal now but he has already served 3 years. Maybe they should give some of those millions to those two families?
Not that it'll get me to buy a Toyota, but still.