I am glad I bought an Oldsmobile!

 

this a boon to Government Motors.

 

Actually all the Japanese cars in this country are assembled here in the US. Mostly in southern states, and a vehicle is only as good as the components in it. Most of those are manufactured in Mexico or China or some 3rd world country. The sad reality is there is no longer a "good" vehicle to buy virtually all new vehicles are junk and overpriced at that.

 

I think it's because there are fatalities involved. Most recalls involve non-critical stuff not working correctly. There have been 37 fatalities so far.

In the 1970s they also made a huge big deal out of the Ford Pinto. It's fuel tank would rupture and catch fire in even low speed rear end collisions. That resulted in 27 fatalities.

 

I'm happy i'm don't have use for a car, i've always drove large 4 wheel drive pickups and since toyota doesn't offer anything that large I guess I got saved from dealing with this recall issue.lol

 

They got cheap and lazy now its going to cost the more than they can pay.

 

What a public relations nightmare for all. The Japanese ownership have publicly stated that they were more concerned with market share in the United States than public safety and now it is haunting them. I have always thought of their cars as ok but "toyish" in nature, go figure. the Japanese thankfully do excel in electronics and anime/hentai. ... leave horsepower to the Americans please.

 

At least Toyota has shown backbone and stood in front of the world and acknowledged their mistakes and owned up that greed drove them to fall short on safety, they then apoligized.

That would be the last thing that the giants in Detroit and all their worldwide subsidiary companies would ever do. As far as i know GM Australia and Ford Australia have never apoligized for shoddy products and there's been a few. Sure they will recall vehicles but they do it begrudgingly.

This Toyota recall may hurt them for a year or two, however I bet that in 10 years they'll be up there again with the most sold cars and they'll never fall down on safety again as Japanese business people seem to take a slap in the face like this as a personal embarrassment.

Also as far as America being the kings of horsepower I would say they were but not any more. The Germans and italians have taken that crown now...and they've added safety to the mix as well, something that the American muscle car makers could never boast to.

 

Could you please post any link to newspaper articles that report this accident.. Please Please

 

You can praise Toyota magpie, their cars are reliable and have good resale value, some of their cars are actually nice. I merely like American models however bad our ownership and management is in Detroit.(give me a corvette, at least a charger) GM or Pontiac is all I have ever driven for my own so I am clearly biased. The Americans make junk for electronics but Americans like safe cars, I know I do..we are not the fastest for sure but maybe the coolest. :excited:

 

What do you call cool and safe in an American car?.....my German car is an Audi R8 4.2L Quattro...420 gg's of grunt. :excited:

 

I dig the Chevy Malibu. I hope to get one next year.

 

Isn't Toyoda supposed to fall on his sword or something?

 

It's happening all over . . . . .

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling 1.3 million compact cars in North America to address a power steering problem that has been linked to 14 crashes and one injury, the company said on Tuesday....Read more

 

whatever :excited:

 

Whatever happened to Yugo's? That was a quality machine!

 

I don't know what marketing consultant thought up that "Moving Forward" slogan, but I would have fired them immediately. I've seen SO many parodies of it....

 

Try a Subaru! The only car that had climbing sales through this whole recession (depression). All wheel drive is standard equipment. My 2000 has over 300,000 klm and doesn't burn a drop of oil. Original exhaust system,
shock absorbers and all front end parts. The 97 I sold when we bought this one has over 500,000 klm and is still going strong.

 

When you sell one vehicle per year, doubling sales is quite easy.

However, my Northern family swears by them.