The head of Toyota was handed a stark warning just over three years ago of
significant problems with the safety of a number of models as the result of
cost-cutting and the use of temporary workers.
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Akio Toyoda has flown to Beijing to apologise for the carmaker's recall of
vehicles, despite less than 10pc of the recall involving Chinese cars.
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Akio Toyoda, Toyota's chief executive, was accused of placing profit ahead of
safety and of being "safety deaf" during a series of exchanges
with senior US politicians.
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Akio Toyoda says pursuit of growth over saftey created the problems blamed for
at least five deaths and the recall of 8.5 million cars.
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The head of Toyota will on Wednesday apologise to the US Congress for safety
problems which led to the recall of 8m cars worldwide.
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