For some of us born outside the US and had the pleasure of driving some cool Toyota's I cannot help but wonder why it took these douche bags this long to realize that they dont make cars any more, they make metal containers that get you from one place to another, and even that now is
" most of the time".
Wake the $%^& up you souless whores. We want the damn celica gts, supra and a real toyota powered and chassis ae86. Selling crap repackaged like it is a gift from God is no longer going to work and has not worked, you just did well because you made cheap crap that you were able to sell to pretty much anyone. Look at the US land Cruiser, indpendent front, no lockers and no deisel. 4 runner keeps getting big, bulky, cushy and just lame.
So all in all F you and get off your high horse and build stuff worth a crap, instead of using one chassis to build 6 models with 11 different names.
Rant over
Sammy
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TOKYO – Toyota's president apologized Friday for the massive global recalls over sticking gas pedals as the automaker scrambles to repair a damaged reputation and sliding sales.
But Akio Toyoda, appointed to the top job at Toyota Motor Corp. last June, said the company is still deciding what steps to take to fix brake problems in the popular Prius gas-electric hybrid.
Speaking at a hastily announced news conference that lasted an hour, a stern-looking Toyoda promised to beef up quality control.
"We are facing a crisis," he said, publicly confronting the automaker's safety problems for the first time since a global recall affecting 4.5 million vehicles was announced Jan. 21.
He bowed in customary Japanese-style greeting at the start of the televised news conference at Toyota's Nagoya headquarters but did not bow deeply when offering an apology as some executives, including his predecessor Katsuaki Watanabe, have done when under fire.
Toyoda, 53, said the company is setting up a special committee he would head himself.
It would review internal checks, go over consumer complaints and listen to outside experts to come up with a solution to the widening quality problems.
"I offer my apologies for the worries," he said. "Many customers are wondering whether their cars are OK."
Toyoda, grandson of the automaker's founder, has been criticized for not coming out sooner to answer questions about the flood of quality problems that have hit Toyota.