Toyota - The Hypocrite Car Company?

rfred · 11-12-2007, 01:21 PM

Link to Newsweek article:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/69534

which mentions the "little mileage miser."

So is Toyota acting irresponsibly to come out in opposition to higher gas mileage requirements?

It seems to me that the market for Urban Assault Vehicles will be driven by the price of fuel; I'm already seeing a lot more Prii and the price of fuel around here is still hovering around $3.00/gal.

From the article it sounds like they're a corporation that is caught between being responsible to their shareholders and one that had the guts to market an environmentally responsible car. I haven't heard of one Prius being taken off the road and shredded like another corporation seems to have done...

morpheusx · 11-12-2007, 01:42 PM

So people are mad because Toyota runs their company like a business.

Godiva · 11-12-2007, 01:43 PM

I think this horse is being beaten to death on other threads. But go ahead and kick away.

donee · 11-12-2007, 08:25 PM

Hi Rfred,

If this makes Toyota a hipocrite, what does GM's actions make it?

They also are against improved mileage (note I left out "standards", because one follows the other). GM has crushed EV1's to go out of their way to prove it! I think any car company that make the Prius-like car gets allot of slack from me. And any car which could easily make a Prius, or something like it, but does not gets nada from me (Chrysler, Ford, Saab, Volvo, BMW...). And any company that could outdo the Prius , and crushes EV1's will only get scorn from me.

And coming out with this garbage in the press just makes me more mad at GM. Whether its them that are behind it or not! This is back-fire marketing by the Big 2.5, because I believe this is Detroit motivated, although I no proof or other indication it is.

n8kwx · 11-12-2007, 11:40 PM

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This is back-fire marketing by the Big 2.5
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As of a few months ago we're back to the "Big 3".

11-12-2007, 01:21 PM	#1
rfred Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Overland Park, KS Posts: 137 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Link to Newsweek article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/69534 which mentions the "little mileage miser." So is Toyota acting irresponsibly to come out in opposition to higher gas mileage requirements? It seems to me that the market for Urban Assault Vehicles will be driven by the price of fuel; I'm already seeing a lot more Prii and the price of fuel around here is still hovering around $3.00/gal. From the article it sounds like they're a corporation that is caught between being responsible to their shareholders and one that had the guts to market an environmentally responsible car. I haven't heard of one Prius being taken off the road and shredded like another corporation seems to have done... __________________ Richard

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morpheusx Professor Chaos Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 1,508 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 7 Thanked 44 Times in 28 Posts Friends: 3	So people are mad because Toyota runs their company like a business.

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Godiva AmeriKan Citizen Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 10,340 My Car: 2005 Prius Model: Package: #1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 7	I think this horse is being beaten to death on other threads. But go ahead and kick away.

11-12-2007, 08:25 PM	#4
donee Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 2,323 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 2 Thanked 74 Times in 65 Posts Friends: 0	Hi Rfred, If this makes Toyota a hipocrite, what does GM's actions make it? They also are against improved mileage (note I left out "standards", because one follows the other). GM has crushed EV1's to go out of their way to prove it! I think any car company that make the Prius-like car gets allot of slack from me. And any car which could easily make a Prius, or something like it, but does not gets nada from me (Chrysler, Ford, Saab, Volvo, BMW...). And any company that could outdo the Prius , and crushes EV1's will only get scorn from me. And coming out with this garbage in the press just makes me more mad at GM. Whether its them that are behind it or not! This is back-fire marketing by the Big 2.5, because I believe this is Detroit motivated, although I no proof or other indication it is.