Why wouldn't Pres.Toyoda agree to pay runaway Toyota victims' expenses?
At the Congressional hearings, when asked if Toyota wold cover medical and burial costs for Americans injured and killed in recall-related accidents, Toyota President Akio Toyoda's only reply was, " I extend condolences from the deepest part of my heart.'
When the question was repeated, Toyota North American president Yoshimi Inaba intervened and stated that the company would "defer, pending legal issues, to legal counsel."
In other words, 'if the victims or their survivors take us to court and win, we'll pay'.
Apparently, 'Profit over People' remains the operative Toyota philosophy, even now.
|