Do you think we can expect some great deals on Toyota vehicles after the recall issues are resolved?

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first toyota 1968 mark iii corona. classy car, paid $150 it, drove 3 years gave friend drove couple more years until 1978. exuded quality , dependability. hooked on toyota's. during rough years gm did part , bought cavalier promptly blew 2 engines. gm paid first ate second , sold huge loss while still ran (aluminum block engine). went toyota's, had sweet camry moon roof ran great until wife totaled it. in pickle helped out ford , bought eddie bauer explorer sucked gas tank had 1/2" hole. did mention transmission froze on explorer on way home dealer? tried being american these 2 vehicles put me in hole years. have bought nothing camry's since.
want dependable ride hold value , ride well, camry.
point i'm alluding have shown me quality of driving life , i'm not write them off because they've had serious problem. believe resolved in timely fashion (hopefully) , buy camry soon. think it's unfair wants sue heck out of them after such history of safety on 1 issue. condolences have have been injured or died them toyota not manufacturer guilty of design defect.

don't quick condemn, can happen company example illustrates.


true conspiracy: ford pinto memorandum
pinto automobile marketed ford 1971 1980 try feed new american appetite smaller cars. dinkster four-cylinder engine, pinto battling volkswagon beetle , toyota corolla hearts , minds of wanted sewing-machine engines under hoods.

until first gas crisis of 1970s, americans used 30-cent-a-gallon gasoline. american engineers weren't quite used business of dropping weight wherever possible in order increase gas mileage. consequently, pinto contained major , potentially dangerous design flaw — car had no classic, heavyweight bumper, little reinforcement between rear panel , gas tank. when pinto got rear-ended, far easy, in relatively minor accident, fuel tank ruptured, or worse, driven differential , punctured large bolts held in place. on top of flaw, doors jam after accident, again due cracker-box construction caused metal twisted , compressed. in other words, pinto considered deathtrap on 4 wheels.

conspiracy begins. ford aware of these construction problems. however, people didn't know until mother jones magazine published stolen copy of infamous memo sent out senior management @ ford motor company.

here highlights of memo on altar worshipping almighty buck:

1. expected unit sales of 11 million pintos, , total cost per unit modify fuel tank of $11, recall have cost ford $121 million.

2. but, using mathematical formulations of probable 2,100 accidents might result in 180 burn deaths, 180 burned victims, , 2,100 burned-out vehicles, "unit cost" per accident, assuming out-of-court settlement, came probable $200,000 per death, $67,000 per serious injury, , $700 per burned-out vehicle, leaving grand total of $49.53 million.

3. allowing accidents occur represented net savings of $70 million.

4. therefore, human life mathematically proven worth less $11 part.

ford continued build , market pinto without modifications until news of memo broke. led criminal charges, avalanche of lawsuits, , recall of pintos; mess went on years. not mention fact ford got of worst press american car company has ever received. later studies indicated pinto may not have been more prone blowing on contact other car, time, damage done.

took ford decade admit problem let alone correct it. don't think being bit harsh on toyota?

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one think company try , offer major incentives to boost interest in products. doubt many people looking new toyota now, on next year or there great deals on new models?

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