“.. What effect is the recent spate of car recalls and safety concerns likely to have on car sales and on the future of car making?
When Akio Toyoda fronted up to the United States Congress last week, he did so to satisfy the American public’s demand that Toyota’s man at the top publicly apologise for three safety scares in as many weeks.
“For me, when the cars are damaged, it is as though I am as well,” he said.
The company widely regarded as the world’s most reliable car maker now has the dubious distinction of having implemented one of the biggest car recalls in history.
It has blamed its own rapid growth for lowering quality which has caused the recall of 8.5 million late-model Avensis and Prius models.
More recently, US authorities have begun to investigate the Corolla, New Zealand’s top-selling car..”
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