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Toyota begins recall of 90,000 cars

Posted: 5th July 2010 by Car Broker in Motoring News
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Toyota has launched a major recall of more than 90,000 cars in Japan including its luxury Lexus model following the latest in a series of quality problems.

Lexus GX460 to be suspended from sale in the US for tests, after concerns were
made by magazine Consumer Reports.

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.

The head of Toyota will on Wednesday apologise to the US Congress for safety
problems which led to the recall of 8m cars worldwide.

As Toyota faces the biggest crisis in its history, with its reputation in
tatters after millions of safety recalls, we look back at the car maker
through the years.