What's the saying? The tallest grass is the first to get cut? It also didn't help that the American automotive industry was in the tanks already. This is just a solid chance for them to turn their fortunes around, albeit at the expense of others.
Toyota did not help by mishandling the situation a little bit, but they've definitely turned around. I'm really happy to see Toyoda owning up to his company's mistakes, and I hope new cars from the company (FT-86 included) live up to more stringent quality standards, even if it does cost a little sales to do so.
I agree, the media is getting ridiculous, but such is the nature of American media. I mean, we have 50 photographers fawn over who a 19-year old is dating, so I'm not surprised.
And it's also why I read foreign newspapers more than US ones now.
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