Toyota Does Right When They Do Wrong-- Prius Recall

PanAsianBiz ^ | June 5, 2006 | Dr. Bill Belew

[PRO USA1776]

Dude give me break, I am a graduate student in Manufacturing at kettering university. I am also a field grade US Army Acquisition Officer. I love how everyone talks about china and other asian countries. Wake up, the communist chinese are not our friends! If you think that buying cheap products from China-Mart is a good thing, you need to read a few more econ. books. What we need is more innovative companies less gov regulation, a can do american attitude. We also need pragmatic consumers and politicians. Since when do we consumers need more dollar stores?

[PRO USA1776]

Beckwith I am with you. They butchered Americans and got away with it. I don't want to make this a JAPanese- VS US discussion. However, I hear a lot of talk about less reliance on foreign energy, how about less foreign reliance on foreign companies? More competition is good, I would like to see more of it in ASIA.

[Alberta's Child]

Ford is probably the most under-appreciated car manufacturer of them all. Everyone has their own horror stories about one manufacturer or another, but I've found that Ford has been a pleasant surprise over the years when it comes to this kind of thing.

I've also found that Ford apparently makes very safe cars these days, since my insurance quotes for new Ford vehicles are noticeably lower than quotes for comparable vehicles built by their competitors.

[eraser2005]

I've also found that Ford apparently makes very safe cars these days, since my insurance quotes for new Ford vehicles are noticeably lower than quotes for comparable vehicles built by their competitors.
That's certainly the truth! Back when I bought the Taurus, Ford had more 5 star crash test ratings than all other manufacturers combined. The insurance rates on that thing are ridiculously low. Now, I wouldn't describe it as refined by modern standards, but it is a 9 year old car, after all.... :)

[Chi-townChief]

You would think that people wouldn't be buying cars from the same company that made the Jap Zeros that attacked Pearl Harbor but go figure.

[A CA Guy]

Al Gore said we all need new Cuban car boats due to global weather, so these Toyotas are useless for our wet future.

[Beckwith]

My daughter bought a Mitsubishi. I almost had a heart attack. They made these: