Toyota’s Bad Day

The Truth About Cars ^ | June 1, 2009 | Ken Elias

[Mr Rogers]

I consider it a patriotic duty to refuse to buy any GM or Chrysler product, and to convince as many people as possible to do likewise.

I don’t think he factored a few million of us into his equation...

[SuperLuminal]

This is a joke....right???

Clearly this barfatorial was written by one oscumbo's minnions.

[smokingfrog]

This guy is dreamin.’

[B Knotts]

Here is a story about the ending of the contract, which will happen at the end of this year:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUKN1342512720090114

Here is a Powerstroke forum that has some tech help areas:

http://www.powerstroke.org/forum/archive/index.php/

Hope this helps.

[Zhang Fei]

Why does a Toyota Camry cost about the same as a Ford Taurus when Toyota doesn’t have to subsidize legacy costs or union contracted pay-raises?

Quality costs money. Ford subtracts from quality to keep UAW employees in the style to which they have become accustomed. Toyota spends it on quality parts. Toyotas aren't more reliable because they have that T-logo on the front - it's because the important parts are both designed better and made of better materials. How do they have the money to do this? They don't have UAW workers on the payroll.

[grellis]

Some of us are willing to fight the fight instead of running scared!

Not hyperbolic at all, to me. This is MY state, and I'll never stop fighting for it, in spite of the fact that all of our relatives have fled to the south, in spite of the fact that DH could probably get a job with Halliburton at the drop of a hat. We don't care. We're not leaving.