Forbes' 'Worts Made Cars on the Road' List Doesn't Include Toyota

[MadMax]

Full story here, but these comments are most relevant to us...

The biggest surprise on the list, given recent automotive news: It includes no Toyota made vehicles. In fact, Toyota reported a 40.7% gain in sales last month over March 2009; its Lexus division was up 42%. (Generous buyer incentives greatly contributed to those numbers.) And although Consumer Reports has removed its "recommended pick" distinction from Toyota vehicles involved in the current recall, many analysts are standing by their previous assessments of Toyota's well-made products.

"Toyota and Lexus both were fairly steady on their quality" in the dependability report released last month, says Dave Sargent, J.D. Power's vice president of global vehicle research. "Toyota has both good quality and a high consumer perception of their quality -- so Toyota is very much in line."

Cheers! M2

[Gideon]

Yeah, sort of a surprising read! But did anyone else notice the omission of the Yaris when they were referring to what the new Aveo will be competing with?

Early photos and speculation from experts like Jake Fisher, the senior automotive engineer at Consumer Reports, indicate it'll hold its own against Nissan's Versa and Honda's Fit -- two reliable, affordable, strong sellers.

It did come from CR, so no surprise I guess.

[TLyttle]

Consumer Reports may have a little bit of bias, eh? Toyota doesn't need CR to judge Toyotas, Toyota's customers do that much better.

Evern notice that when a Toyota model screws up it is just off the Front Page, but just go looking for a GM recall news item, it will be on page 27, 3 column-inches, affecting half a million vehicles. Gee, why is that?

[TinyGiant]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

Consumer Reports may have a little bit of bias, eh? Toyota doesn't need CR to judge Toyotas, Toyota's customers do that much better.

Evern notice that when a Toyota model screws up it is just off the Front Page, but just go looking for a GM recall news item, it will be on page 27, 3 column-inches, affecting half a million vehicles. Gee, why is that?

i found it interesting that the government is suing toyotal for 16.3 million dollars (which is a cap) for supposedly not notifying the govt soon enough about the gas pedal issue. US Govt gives billions to the domestic car companies and fine the non US companies for what? i think toyota is doing a good job of taking care of the issue. they are recalling and fixing a TON of cars at their expense..

idk getting kind of tired of the odd financial moves this administration is making.