End of Toyota?

**Sgt.Walters** · 03-09-10, 05:52 PM

We've heard about all the trouble toyota is having and now with this recent incident in California in which the car acclerated, is this possibly the end of toyota? Thank goodness i don't have a toyota.

**deathgodusmc** · 03-09-10, 06:30 PM

Hope so i never liked any of their cars to begin with.

**dex71** · 03-09-10, 06:36 PM

I bet you can get a good deal on one right now. They are probably the safest cars on the road coming out of the dealerships now.....the last thing they need is more bad pr.

This will hurt them,short term. But in a year or so,they will be as big as ever. We have a pretty short memory......after all,Firestone is still around,and Ford is still around.

**Oni-scout** · 03-09-10, 06:38 PM

Toyota makes a good car... never owned one but fortunately the statistics on most sales, mpg, safty ratings and such have been subject in most of my classes.

It's bad that their quality controls let this problem slide to the point it did but really I don't see this being the end of Toyota.

**Guyver** · 03-09-10, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Hope so i never liked any of their cars to begin with.

You can't tell me that that isn't a sexy looking car.

(1970's era Celica.)

**DancingCorpse** · 03-09-10, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Guyver

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Hope so i never liked any of their cars to begin with.

You can't tell me that that isn't a sexy looking car.

(1970's era Celica.)

Insert "Oooooooh Yeeaaaaaah" in a deep voice here.

Originally Posted by dex71

I bet you can get a good deal on one right now. They are probably the safest cars on the road coming out of the dealerships now.....the last thing they need is more bad pr.

This will hurt them,short term. But in a year or so,they will be as big as ever. We have a pretty short memory......after all,Firestone is still around,and Ford is still around.

Lol, Ford Pinto

**ninja|oaklandr** · 03-09-10, 10:35 PM

Even with all these problems they are having Toyota's are still better that the domestic cars. Volume wise that put out more cars than any company. They are not going anywhere.

**Blakeman** · 03-09-10, 10:35 PM

Toyota only fucked up when they let the US dictate their standards as far as what they offered. Toyota small trucks of the 80s were some of the best small trucks ever seen. I have an 89 camry that is going to keep going probably until the engine runs out from metal fatigue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3uvx93QV1U

The other parts are there as well.

Toyota isn't dead, at least it doesn't owe its survival to government intervention.

**fktea** · 03-09-10, 10:39 PM

I bought an '08 tacoma for my service truck and it has been great...had a '05 tundra before that...best driving and most reliable trucks I have owned and I put tons of miles on these things ..no probs

**Zelmon** · 03-09-10, 10:45 PM

It isnt like they are built well, they were engineered wrong. I know that it can look really great on paper and unless you go look for yourself, arrogance will blind you. Of all the car companies, Toyota is in the best position to deal with this, if they do it right and not half-assed. This will also force the rest of the car industry to look at their own products. Lets just hope no one else gets hurt. PS, bring back the supra, just sayin.