[Gaffer]

Obama and company

[wolfcreek]

The revenge of the American Car Maker. (which I guess would just be Ford)

[OB1kNOb]

I wonder where the airbag unit is made? I was thinking I heard a report on the news saying that Toyota’s gas pedals were made in China. Just curious to see if there is a trend.

[GraceG]

Even Carter wasn’t so dumb to piss off the Japanese car makers....

[Joe Boucher]

For years toyota has known there was a problem and did squat. Then obammy figured he’d take them down a notch and help out gub mint motors.
Now the other jap car makers see the writing on the wall and are taking the hit themselves instead of waiting for obammy to slap them making it look even worse.

[onona]

Economic pressure to cut costs invariably impacts quality (to varying degrees). Riding the sine wave.

[Proud2BeRight]

How sweet it is!

[RWGinger]

How do the cars made here stack up against the cars made in Japan?
During the first recall last fall only cars made here in USA were being recalled.

That might have changed with the latest millions being recalled

[what's up]

Don't forget that the Japanese Gov't went way far left in its last elections.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Tokyo commie-type mediacrats are doing a populist pounding on big business in Asia in collusion with somebody in the White House and/or the EU.

All part of the destroy-the-big-oil, create-the-global-environment movement.

[DoughtyOne]

All this hype by Obama and company to reduce Toyota and Honda to a pile of ashes pisses me off.

We’ve had recalls around for a long time. They are a fact of life, nothing more, nothing less. Sometimes they cost lives and sometimes they don’t. Humans screw up. Life goes on. Sad but true...

Note the difference in the hype about the Toyota/Honda recalls and this one from Ford just months ago. I don’t recall even hearing of it.

http://www.usautoinjurylaw.com/cases/fires/ford-fire.htm?gclid=CJnXvPns6J8CFSlJagodxBkDHw

[TChris]

Nothing is happening to them.

They just don't trumpet all the recalls from Detroit onto the evening news.

[rsobin]

Years ago Sony was on top as a maker of electronic consumer goods. In the last 10 years I have purchased several Sony products that either went bad or others that were lacking in usefulness.I think maybe these manufacturers are cashing in on their name much like Sony did.

[LS]

I think when GM and Ford basically exited, the same thing has started to happen to the Japanese that happened to us 20-30 years ago: lack of serious competition makes one lazy and imprecise.

[Clara Lou]

What's happening to Japanese car makers?
Nothing that doesn't happen to all car makers. I think Toyota has been sitting on this gas pedal-thing for years, and it's finally blown up in their faces. As for Honda and airbags, this isn't the first time there have been recalls over airbags. I think your question is silly.

[GailA]

Wonder if they farmed stuff out to china?