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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A California Highway Patrol officer helped rescue a 61-year-old from his
runaway Toyota Prius after the car's accelerator got stuck at 94mph.
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Japanese car maker could lose out this month, with March set to be the year's
strongest period for UK new car sales.
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Not since the ill-fated 'elk test' that toppled a Mercedes A-Class onto its side, has a car firm suffered a PR disaster quite like Toyota in recent months.
In case you've missed the 24-hour news coverage and front pages of scaremongering newspapers, the Japanese giant was forced to recall millions of cars across the world after a sticking throttle pedal fault was discovered.
The Aygo, iQ, Yaris, Auris, Corolla, Verso and Avensis were all issued with recalls and owners forced to return to dealers for a fix. And kicking the manufacturer while it was down, a problem with the Prius was also unearthed resulting in 8,500 cars returning to dealers for a 'software update'.
But despite the bashing the car giant has taken across the world, evidence is emerging that the PR 'disaster' might have turned into quite the opposite...
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The US government is considering forcing all manufacturers of American cars to
install a safety device which would prevent the over-acceleration problems
experienced by some Toyotas.
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