Do you think we can expect some great deals on Toyota vehicles after the recall issues are resolved?
Posted by James on March 20, 2013 · 3 Comments
Question by Mr. Atoz: Do you think we can expect some great deals on Toyota vehicles after the recall issues are resolved?
One would think that the company would try and offer some major incentives to to boost interest in their products. I doubt many people are looking for a new Toyota now, but over the next year or so will there be some great deals on new models?
Best answer:
Answer by Rapid Fire
Actually; a lot of people are looking for a new Toyota. Not everyone jumped on the Panic Button when a few throttles got stuck.
And, yes, Toyota is currently working on some incentive plans to get consumers back to the brand. Same as every other Major Manufacturer has done after a massive recall.
I would not hesitate to buy a new Toyota if I was in the market for a new car. A faulty gas pedal would be a welcome relief from the problems I’ve had with the electronic steering system in my 2006 Malibu. GM will not admit there’s a problem with it in spite of the fact that every component except the steering wheel has been replaced. At least Toyota admitted fault and is doing something about it.
What do you think? Answer below!
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Defiantly. After a mass re cal on THOUSANDS of cars, Consumer brands like Toyota, Chevy, and others would HAVE to do this as an incentive for buying from a company that just released THOUSANDS of cars that could Potentially KILL YOU!!! In the economic crises when most working class Americans can not buy a new fuel efficient car, selling a new toyota cheaper would boost sales INCREDIBLY. I know that if that opportunity arises and I need a new car. I will Buy.
Re-used answer:
My first Toyota was a 1968 Mark III Corona. What a classy car, I paid $150 for it, drove it three years then gave it to a friend who drove it a couple more years until about 1978. It exuded quality and dependability. I was hooked on Toyota’s. During the rough years for GM I did my part and bought a Cavalier which promptly blew two engines. GM paid for the first I ate the second and sold it for a huge loss while it still ran (aluminum block engine). I went back to Toyota’s, had an extra sweet Camry with a moon roof which ran great until my wife totaled it. So in another pickle I helped out Ford and bought an Eddie Bauer Explorer which sucked gas like the tank had a 1/2″ hole. Did I mention the transmission froze up on my Explorer on the way home from the dealer? I tried being a good American but these two vehicles put me in a hole for years. I have bought nothing but Camry’s since.
All I want is a dependable ride that will hold some value and ride well, a Camry.
The point I’m alluding to is they have shown me quality for most of my driving life and I’m not about to write them off because they’ve finally had a serious problem. I believe they resolved it in a timely fashion (hopefully) and I will probably buy another Camry soon. I think it’s unfair that everyone wants to sue the heck out of them after such a history of safety over one issue. My condolences to those that have have been injured or died from them but Toyota is not the only manufacturer guilty of a design defect.
Don’t be too quick to condemn, it can happen to any company as this example illustrates.
True Conspiracy: The Ford Pinto Memorandum
The Pinto automobile was marketed by Ford from 1971 to 1980 to try to feed the new American appetite for smaller cars. With its dinkster four-cylinder engine, the Pinto was battling the Volkswagon Beetle and the Toyota Corolla for the hearts and minds of those who wanted sewing-machine engines under their hoods.
Up until the first gas crisis of the 1970s, Americans were used to 30-cent-a-gallon gasoline. So American engineers weren’t quite used to this business of dropping weight wherever possible in order to increase gas mileage. Consequently, the Pinto contained a major and potentially dangerous design flaw — the car had no classic, heavyweight bumper, as well as little reinforcement between the rear panel and the gas tank. When a Pinto got rear-ended, it was far too easy, even in a relatively minor accident, for the fuel tank to be ruptured, or worse, driven into the differential and punctured by the large bolts that held it in place. On top of this flaw, the doors could very easily jam after an accident, again due to the cracker-box construction that caused the metal to be so easily twisted and compressed. In other words, the Pinto was considered a deathtrap on four wheels.
Now the conspiracy begins. Ford was fully aware of all these construction problems. However, people didn’t know that until Mother Jones magazine published a stolen copy of an infamous memo that was sent out to all senior management at the Ford Motor Company.
Here are the highlights of the memo on the altar worshipping the Almighty Buck:
1. With expected unit sales of 11 million Pintos, and a total cost per unit to modify the fuel tank of $11, a recall would have cost Ford $121 million.
2. But, using mathematical formulations of a probable 2,100 accidents that might result in 180 burn deaths, 180 seriously burned victims, and 2,100 burned-out vehicles, the “unit cost” per accident, assuming an out-of-court settlement, came to a probable $200,000 per death, $67,000 per serious injury, and $700 per burned-out vehicle, leaving a grand total of $49.53 million.
3. Allowing the accidents to occur represented a net savings of nearly $70 million.
4. Therefore, a human life was mathematically proven to be worth less than an $11 part.
Ford continued to build and market the Pinto without modifications until news of the memo broke. It led to criminal charges, an avalanche of lawsuits, and a recall of all Pintos; the mess went on for years. Not to mention the fact that Ford got some of the worst press an American car company has ever received. Later studies indicated that the Pinto may not have been any more prone to blowing up on contact than any other car, but by that time, the damage was done.
It took Ford almost a decade to ADMIT to the problem let alone correct it. Don’t you think we are being a bit harsh on Toyota?
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