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Where did this news go? Why are we not hearing more?

Because the U.S. government turns a blind eye to foreign investors. And the media, therefore, only hypes news when it's an American company involved. This Land of Opportunity is essentially a giant welcome mat for foreign companies to step all over us.

Plus, most of the time, the media has their heads up their collective backsides. The only source that I listen to: TMZ (http://www.tmz.com). Yes, it's decadent, but they have an unparalleled way of cutting right to the painful truth.

Actually, thanks to TMZ I've become more aware of the Hollywood poseurs and their hybrids over the past few years. If you want to know why Toyota is the "golden boy", look no further than the stars in Hollywood, er, Looneyland. I mean, when these "stars" pull up in a chauffeured Prius...WTF?! Do these people poop rainbows too? They suddenly forget that Toyota's trucks pollute as much as (or sometimes worse than) their domestic counterparts. But ooooohh noooooo, we cannot talk about that, only the Prius!

There are just a handful of these stars that are truly green. Ed Begley, Jr. has been doing the green lifestyle for decades. Leo DiCaprio is very green. OK, if these types drive a hybrid, fine...they've earned it, they live it every day, that's the kind of people that we need if we're to clean up this planet a bit. Everyone else? Sorry, you're fake, just like your s and your faces.

Unfortunately these stars have way too much influence on dumb people. That is probably why the Prius has garnered so much "good" publicity.

As for me, I have always been proud that our cars were built in my home state of Ohio. As such, I wouldn't consider another vehicle if it weren't made in my home country, but preferably in my home state (the Mountaineer was built in Kentucky...okay, that borders Ohio, close enough). :) Now we do have a Honda plant and a Nissan plant in this state, and that's fine, but just not for me. The profits still go back to Maza puppiesan. Since the U.S. government is pretty adamant about not helping the domestic automakers in any way, shape or form, then I'd rather my money go to the home guys. I always believe there is need for competition in this country and I support that concept. And right now a lot of consumers are too. But that's just not for me. I'd rather buy a locally-made Cobalt or G5.

Not that I would. I'm just sayin'...

Actually, most people driving a Toyota will tell you they bought it for the 'quality' and 'reliability'. Apparently GM and Ford are still building Pinto's and Cimarron's. :punchballs:

Sorry but everyone i ask says Gas mileage 1st then they may say that other stuff later on.

My favorite time i watched Nascar was when the only cars breaking the 1st few laps of the race where the Toyotas because there where 3 or 4 of them messed up by lap 20 or so.

The profits still go back to Mazda puppiesan.

Nascar was when the only cars breaking the 1st few laps of the race where the Toyotas because there where 3 or 4 of them messed up by lap 20 or so.

How is it that Toyota dodges every missile, when it comes to the media? Domestic car companies take a hit, and make every headline, every time something remotely negative is even associated with their brands. A faulty cruise control switch could be in the news for weeks. Someone mentions GM's stock, and the next minute the media world erupts with talk of Bankruptcy.

So why, with such Carnivorous media covering the automotive world, can Toyota get through virtually anything completely unscathed? Extreme milage claims for their expensive hybrids, that somehow owners and road testers never seem to achieve on the street. Engine failures in both their trucks and hot selling Camry's. A producer of, at the moment, 6 different SUV's (Toyota alone), yet still a 'green' company. News that the production process of a Prius makes that car one of the most environmentally damaging to build (yet the F-150 was one of the cleanest vehicles on earth to produce, and Ford got no recognition for that).

Last week The National Labor Committee accused Toyota of being involved in Human Trafficking. Yes, essentially slave labor. They're shipping people in from China and Vietnam to work for half minimum wage. Their 'unions' are run by the company, and if you want a job for life you have to have a 'clean' company record. Clean meaning you haven't made any complaints to the union. "You can build our cars forever, so long as you never open your mouth about working conditions."

Who here has seen any of this in the news since the day it first hit? Anyone? Mosley gets whipped by a puppies call girl and you hear about it every day for months. GM destroys a car program that cost it a billion dollars and they're the spuppies of Beelzebub. But Toyota ships in slaves and the media world gets shy?

TO HELL WITH THAT!!!!!

I will never buy another Toyota product for as long as I live, and I will chastise every person I know who even thinks about it. So that'll be one person who's not afraid to talk some shiznit about Toyota in this world. Yeah, it's going to be a little lonely.

Toyota frame rot buy back anyone?

At least they bought them back... Ford would've said "tough shiznit, go buy another Ford", then been keelhauled to court and dragged through the media slime before settling on some class-action stupidity that essentially backed up their original position ("Tough shiznit, go buy another Ford... and oh, here's a coupon for $500 off").

Seriously. While I do agree that Toyota gets away with a lot, Ford seems to bring on a lot of its own problems by abandoning their customers as soon as they take delivery of the vehicle...

I've ridden/driven quite a few newer cars, including mustangs, trucks, suv's. They are all missing something.

I know a lot of people with high mileage Toyota's. I don't know one person that hasn't replaced the engine before 100k.

do you expect your 28 year old ford to stay reliable? Even when it looks new other people still look down on you.

I will never buy another Toyota product for as long as I live.

puppiesanese manufacturers have the luxury of a seriously devalued yen vs. the dollar, therefore they can afford things like repairs and still bring Abe profits, just like he wants (and how he manipulated the yen).

If American manufacturers were making hand over fist like that, it wouldn't be much of an issue to do repairs in the exact same way.

puppiesan has always had the upper hand in America, and will continue to do so as long as there are governors willing to roll out the red carpet and give incentives and tax abatements to them. That didn't happen to American manufacturers in puppiesan or China, did it?