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   From: Trueno@e86.GTS   
      
   On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:33 -0800, john wrote:   
      
   >   
   > November 26, 2009   
   > Howes: Toyota not looking so shiny now DANIEL HOWES   
   >   
   > Is the Toyota Motor Corp. juggernaut losing its conqueror-of-the-world   
   > mojo?   
   >   
   > Because if it was a Detroit automaker that was recalling 4.26 million   
   > vehicles to repair accelerator problems, or if it was a Detroit automaker   
   > that had broken its historic no-plant-closings pledge, or if it was a   
   > Detroit automaker that had recalled more vehicles (2.38 million) in 2005   
   > than it sold in the United States that year (2.26 million), the answer   
   > would be an emphatic yes.   
      
      
   But we're not dealing with a North American manufacturer that would   
   correct this mistake, and then make another in next year's model.   
      
   We're dealing with a Japanese company where heads will roll for 'losing   
   face'. And that is now, again, family run. A member of the Toyoda family   
   has already stepped in and replaced the President of Toyota Motor, who was   
   asked to step down due to Toyota's recent quality problems, and has   
   probably already committed Hari Kari.   
      
   If we were talking about General Motors, yeah, I could see the speculation   
   in the article taking place. But we're talking about a Japanese company   
   that is now interested in 'saving face', regaining their reputation, and   
   will work hard to do so. General Motors appeased their shareholders by   
   selling the cheapest product they could get away with for the highest   
   price they could charge, and it ran them into bankruptcy. Do not expect   
   the same from Toyota. They make the shareholders happy by making the   
   *Customers* happy and wanting to buy their cars.   
      
   You really don't know a whole lot about this, so please stop posting your   
   Bullshit in the Toyota group. Thanks.   
      
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