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Exactly. This unintended acceleration was complete media hype from the beginning, which snow-balled out of control after a report of I think 2 times where conde
by jameskilton 16y ago
Exactly. This unintended acceleration was complete media hype from the beginning, which snow-balled out of control after a report of I think 2 times where condensation caused the gas pedal to stick open for a short period of time. Whether this was a hidden or subconscious effort to discredit a non-US car company probably can't ever be proven but the damage is done.
But that's ok. American's historically have the worst memory of anyone on this planet. In a year no-one is even going to remember this fiasco, much less care.
- Semiapies 16y agoGoing by Toyota sales, Americans have already forgotten (or simply dismissed) the hype.
- kjhgfdfgh 16y agoSo a foreign car gets blamed when old people stand on the gas instead of the brake - and a bunch of lawyers and politicians jump on the bandwagon. That couldn't have been forseen - it hasn't happened for a generation.
- sunchild 16y agoI was in Japan when this controversy was on the front page of every American paper. The people in Nagoya were talking about what puppets of their news Americans are. It's not as if Japanese people are any different. Local people weren't even slightly worried about it. They knew they could ride it out. They knew the claims were total bullshit. It was a transparent effort by the media to drive consumers to the failing American brands. In the end, it failed to persuade Americans to buy mediocrity.