Toyota hit with sixteen-million dollar fine...

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by RedRide

The faulty gas pedals were not failing because of where they were made. The pedals made in the US happened to be a different (faulty Toyota design) than

It has not been established that any pedals *are* faulty except possibly for the floor mat entrapment issue. And I've yet to see a convincing demonstration that there is actually a real issue there. In the absence of any convincing evidence to the contrary, I continue to suspect that this entire episode has been based upon sheer, manufactured fantasy, with some self-serving hoaxing mixed in. In this case, it looks to me like where there's smoke... there's a smoke machine. And members of the US Congress are taking turns operating it.

It's just amazing how many people one can convince, without presenting any evidence at all, as long as the claims are extraordinary enough and are repeated often enough.[1] And it's scary to consider that the phenomenon is hardly limited to discrediting Japanese auto manufacturers.

-Steve

[1] I believe that President Truman termed this style of scenario "The Big Lie".