What Does Toyota Need To Do To Become The Envy Of The Automakers?

Three years ago, that would have been a ridiculous thing to say. Same goes for "I'm thinking of opening a Pontiac dealership" or "I just paid sticker price for a PT Cruiser."

But in the Bizarro World of today, no one wants to end up like Toyota.

Wouldn't it be awful to have some of the most loyal customers in the industry and top-selling cars in the world?

Even stranger is that the above quote, from Edmunds.com analyst Jessica Caldwell in a Bloomberg News story last week, was referring to General Motors. GM acted quickly to recall nearly 500,000 units of its top-selling car in 2011, the Chevrolet Cruze, because it doesn't want anyone to think it pulled a Toyota.

g2ok - 6/26/2012 11:19:01 AM

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I think this just BS. Toyota is good-great quality.

lexworld - 6/26/2012 11:34:56 AM

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...Like I said in another one of 009's articles of religion, he's hoping someone can rise up and bring Akio T down. How sad for a Hyundai man to become so covetous (want so bad what belongs to someone else, they would steal kill & destroy if they could). Agent009 even tryin to bring Toyota down to Hyundai's late 80's & 90's glory horror days. Dude why are u still trying to compare a Hyundai/Kia to a premium brand such as Toyota? Agent 009, you're a good writer, if you're writing this stuff yourself, but lousy understanding of the "Power That Be" including God, Coca Cola, Toyota & Mickey D's! Smile.

lexworld - 6/26/2012 11:36:24 AM

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...Duh..THEY ARE AND HAVE BEEN FOR SOME TIME "THE ENVY OF ALL OTHER AUTOMAKERS!!

thetruth01 - 6/26/2012 3:24:27 PM

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I wouldn't want to be the Toyota that was erroneoulsy vilified by the US government and press either.
I WOULD want to be the Toyota that has bounced back despite that, a tsunami, floods , and a ridiculous yen/dollar.

Toyota's cars were safe then, are safe now and will be safe when the lawsuits conclude, he maintains.

Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20120625/OEM01/306259967#ixzz1yvekgYEP

222max - 6/26/2012 4:45:09 PM

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Wait. What???

Mason3Robert - 6/26/2012 5:07:17 PM

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They are the envy!!!!!!!! No other car company has more money or is more liquid thank Toyota!!! $200+ Billion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chinojk - 6/26/2012 8:46:54 PM

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Get BMW to ask them to build engines for them. Oh wait, that already happened.

lexworld - 6/26/2012 10:37:40 PM

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....What kina name is -Tiquan?? And what's that pic of?.... Is that a red wana be Scion XB (Honda)?

lexworld - 6/26/2012 10:39:27 PM

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..Good insight BlackDynamiteMB