Late last week accusations were flying about a recently published story discussing Toyota's latest headlines regarding its infamous recalls.
The Wall Street Journal story essentially came out and said that DRIVER error was to blame. Then, all hell broke loose.
And our very own Joe_Limon submitted a piece suggestion that Toyota's public relations department had "planted" the story in the WSJ.
To be honest I do not know what to make of this. It just seems like a lot of childish finger pointing and nobody stepping up the plate. This is the problem with stories that lacks a named source. The story's credibility gets hammered and what do you know, here comes the company's rebuttal. If the WSJ was not confident in its story, I doubt the legendary publication would have ran the story.
Let's all just hang back and see what the official NHTSA report says when it debuts. Just give it time.
What say you, Spies? Any thoughts on the mudslinging going down?
Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS) has said it "strongly objects to allegations that Toyota 'planted' a news story in the Wall Street Journal regarding NHTSA investigations into unintended acceleration", as an NHTSA spokeswoman last week claimed in a telephone interview with just-auto.
In a statement emailed to just-auto, TMS corporate communications executive Scott Deyager said: "Toyota does not have access to NHTSA investigation data and the agency has not reported its findings to Toyota...
[Source: Just-auto]
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