Toyota Lays Blame At Driver's Feet, Revealing Defense Strategy In Sudden Acceleration Cases
A court filing by Toyota earlier this week lays out how the automaker plans to defend itself against sudden acceleration claims: by blaming the driver...
A court filing by Toyota earlier this week lays out how the automaker plans to defend itself against sudden acceleration claims: by blaming the driver...
AP | TOM KRISHER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
DETROIT — Just when Toyota thought its safety problems were over, they flare up all over again. Less than a year after it was tarnished by repo...
AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. will recall 270,000 Lexus and other vehicles worldwide to fix faulty engines in the latest quality lapse at the world...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Toyota Motor Corp. recalled about 50,000 Sequoia sport utility vehicles from the 2003 model year to fix an unexpected slowing of th...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Toyota agreed on Monday to a record $16.4 million fine for its slow response to sticking gas pedals – the equivalent of a lit...
AP | CURT ANDERSON and DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 05.25.2011
MIAMI — Toyota has routinely engaged in questionable, evasive and deceptive legal tactics when sued, frequently claiming it does not have inform...
AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011
MIAMI — A federal judge in Southern California was chosen Friday to preside over more than 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota in the aftermath of...
AP | LARRY MARGASAK and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Five days before Toyota announced a massive recall, a U.S. public relations executive at the automaker warned colleagues in an inte...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The government accused Toyota of hiding a "dangerous defect" and proposed a record $16.4 million fine on Monday for failing to quic...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government's effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration pro...
Bernie Woodall, Soyoung Kim and Kevin Krolicki | Posted 05.25.2011
DETROIT (Reuters) - When Toyota Motor Corp concluded that seemingly harmless floormats posed a danger in all of its cars and trucks, the automaker sen...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Toyota owners who are dissatisfied with the repairs to their vehicles covered by a massive recall to address sticky gas pedals can ...
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011
SAN DIEGO — Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who claimed his Prius sped out of control on the California freeway, saying Monday t...
LA Daily | Posted 05.25.2011
The office of U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa expressed doubts over the weekend about a San Diego's man's report of a harrowing, out-of-control acceleration ex...
Trevor Traina | Posted 05.25.2011
A new survey is casting light on the extent of consumer wariness in the wake of the ongoing Toyota recalls. Almost three out of every four Americans now trust the Toyota brand less.
AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011
EL CAJON, Calif. — A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company i...
Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
If Toyota is embracing the lessons of the old GM, there might be a glimmer of hope for the former big three that are now producing vehicles that actually do rival the competition.
AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011
LINO LAKES, Minn. — Ever since his 1996 Toyota Camry shot up an interstate ramp, plowing into the back of an Oldsmobile in a horrific crash that...
Bill George | Posted 05.25.2011
Mr. Toyoda: You are the definitive leader of one of the largest and (once-) most trusted brands in the world. People expect you to act like it today. This is a prime opportunity to right the ship.
AP | TOM RAUM and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Under blistering criticism, Toyota President Akio Toyoda personally and repeatedly apologized to Congress and millions of anxious A...
Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011
China's remarkable economic surge over the last two decades -- and the pride, if not hubris, embodied in that rise -- is a national narrative-in-the-making that parallels Toyota's corporate story.
Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- (BY LARRY MARGASAK and KEN THOMAS, AP) The president of Toyota's operations apologized for the company's handling of safety issues Tuesd...
AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Toyota officials claimed they saved the company $100 million by successfully negotiating with the government on a limited recall of...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.13.2012