Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Recalls , Safety , Videos , Hatchback , Toyota Runaway Prius in San Diego – Click above to watch the video after the jump Both the second- and third-generation Prius are part of Toyota’s massive recall...
Filed under: Hybrid , Government/Legal , Recalls , Safety , Videos , Hatchback , Toyota Runaway Prius in San Diego – Click above to watch the video after the jump Both the second- and third-generation Prius are part of Toyota’s massive recall...
Filed under: Government/Legal , Recalls , Safety , Toyota If you saved your company $1 million, you’d brag about it, right? How about $100 million? Certainly you’d be looking for a few pats on the back for such a massive sum of loot. A report...
As Toyota stumbles through its biggest recall ever, some U.S. automakers could be feeling a bit of glee after a disastrous year for the industry. View original post here: As Toyota stumbles, schadenfreude lurks Read More →
Toyota Motor Corp., grappling with spreading safety problems that are battering its image, returned to profit in the October-December quarter and raised its annual earnings forecast. Here is the original: Toyota posts $1.7 billion quarterly profit Read More →
Federal regulators uncovered stark evidence that some Toyota cars accelerated unexpectedly more than two years ago. But neither the government nor the automaker apparently recognized the significance. Read more here: Federal Toyota probe in 2007...
Toyota’s dealers, who have started to repair defective gas pedals in millions of vehicles, are extending hours, making house calls and offering other services for customers. Go here to see the original: Toyota dealers trying to calm, keep...
The Obama administration stepped up the pressure on Toyota Wednesday to address a range of safety issues as consumers reacted to the deepening crisis for the largest automaker. Read the rest here: Obama officials step up pressure on Toyota Read More →
A crisis management expert talks about why Toyota’s current recall has been the worst-handled auto recall in history. Here is the original: Newsweek: How Toyota has mishandled the recall Read More →
Toyota is not having a good start to 2010 and next few months do not look all too promising either after the U.S. Transportation Secretary asks owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving them. From the recent sticking gas pedal recall, to a massive 16%...
Toyota Motor Corp. has been hit by over 100 complaints in the U.S. and Japan about brake problems with the popular Prius hybrid, the latest in a spate of quality troubles for the automaker as it grapples with massive global recalls. Here is the original...
With Toyota’s reputation for building safe, reliable vehicles in tatters, competitors including General Motors and Ford have moved in, hoping to regain lost ground. Go here to read the rest: Recall pushes Toyota to tipping point Read More →
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Toyota was slow to realize safety problems with its gas pedals that has led to the recall of millions of popular Toyota brands. Read the original: Transport secretary calls Toyota ‘safety deaf’ Read More →
Ford Motor Co. says sales rose 25 percent in January, buoyed by a stronger economy and Toyota’s decision to halt U.S. sales because of a gas pedal system problem. Read more from the original source: Ford sees its sales rise 25 percent in January Read More →
Toyota Motor’s unprecedented recall of millions of vehicles with accelerator problems is taking a toll on sales and may force the world’s largest automaker to cut its 2010 forecasts. Here is the original: Toyota braces for big sales...
Toyota apologized to its customers Monday and said a piece of steel about the size of a postage stamp will fix the gas pedal problem that led to the recall of millions of cars. View original here: Toyota apologizes for massive vehicle recall Read More →
Company founder Colin Chapman’s apocryphal credo – “simplicate and add lightness” – may have to be amended in honor of Lotus’ new 2+2, the Evora. Of course, “complicate and add relaxation” doesn’t...
A fatal accident in August led Toyota to step up its inquiry of unintended acceleration, yet only last week did it come to terms with the problem’s scope. Read the rest here: NYT: Toyota’s slow awakening to deadly issue Read More →
Toyota has launched a media campaign to bolster its reputation for quality as nervous customers confront dealers across the country about faulty gas pedal systems. See the original post here: Toyota tries media blitz to soothe over recall Read More →
Toyota executives have been virtually silent amid a recall of millions of their cars because gas pedals can become stuck. For their customers, oh, what a feeling — fear, confusion and anger. View original here: For Toyota drivers, confusion and...
