This behavior isn't surprising, Toyota has been coasting on consumer perception they built up in the '90s and early '00s for a long time now. Since consumer pe

This behavior isn't surprising, Toyota has been coasting on consumer perception they built up in the '90s and early '00s for a long time now. Since consumer perception tends to lag reality by a decade or so and the car industry is more of a boogeyman than a subject of interest to most of HN it's not surprising that this behavior is unexpected to a good chunk of HN.