Why are people still buying brand new Toyotas over American brands?

Shelle · 17 Jul 2010, 03:03 pm

South Korea and their bombs, China and their poisonous toys... Now Japan and their Toyota killing machines? I have always driven Chevy or Cadillac and have never had problems. My sister and dad drive Ford. I LOVE my Caddy BTW plus I have family and friends who work for GM and buying American autos support jobs, the economy plus I feel safer on the road with a Ford, Chrystler or Chevy riding behind me than a brakeless Toyota. So why I ask are people still buying them? I ask this after reading where a local mother just purchased a 2010 Toyota Highlander and died after her brakes went out... With her 2 kids in the backseat.

ez80227 · 17 Jul 2010, 03:07 pm

tell you what.

tuck your floor mat under your brake pedal in your chevy and tell me how that works out for you.

the media feeding frenzy over this began when a rental agency mis-installed the floor mats in a few toyotas and even rented them out again after being made aware of this. hardly toyota's fault.

Trent Strong · 17 Jul 2010, 03:10 pm

American cars, on average, are less reliable and depreciate more quickly than Hondas, Toyotas, and Mazdas. That is fact, you can't argue it. Toyota and Honda have factories in America, these factories employ Americans.

Shawn C · 17 Jul 2010, 03:15 pm

Toyotas, although getting somewhat of a bad rap lately, which is more hype than anything, still rates as one of the best as far as consumer complaints. Ahead of all domestically produced vehicles. So although you have been happy with your GM products, the stats say your opinion is not as common as you would like. Check the link.

You can't argue the hard FACTS.

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blanderswake · 17 Jul 2010, 03:20 pm

God bless you for being a true American (says the guy with two Jap bikes in his garage). Be careful in this section. I've never seen such a group of narrow-minded bigots in my life. Trent Strong is partially right. No, it's not a fact about American inferiority, but it's true that you can't argue with the Jap lovers."Toyotas will always be more reliable and more safe. Because of these recalles, Toyotas are making some very safe cars.nhtsa are testing more carfully with toyotas than any other car makers"

That's such a crock of shite. that's like saying Rod Blagoyevich will always be the best governor, because of all the investigations into his actions. He's a crook, always will be. Toyota's junk, always will be.

anthony · 17 Jul 2010, 03:21 pm

you can shut all them up with one request. ask them to show you one million mile toyota with out engine rebuild or replacement. the americans have many of these records. so if the japanese cars are much more reliable million mile toyota's should be abundant. not the case. lol

facts is that american cars have a much longer life expectancy. this is the reason people who own american cars do not care about resale value. we dont buy new cars every three years because our american cars are not disposable like the japanese makes. the koolaid drinkers do not know what the word "reliable" means.

they buy them on a percieved image. many also choose to remain loyal and blind. you can give them all the studies in the world, and they refuse to even read them for the good of their country. they prefer to blame our government and media. the same government that helped them get established on our soil, and the same media that helped promote them. shame on them.

you should know less people are buying toyota's than you think. toyota is advertising increase in sales. its just a desperate tactic. their sales are really suffering. its their way of trying to play their problems down to the publics eye.

Bo? · 17 Jul 2010, 03:25 pm

Toyotas will always be more reliable and more safe. Because of these recalles, Toyotas are making some very safe cars.nhtsa are testing more carfully with toyotas than any other car makers.

don r · 17 Jul 2010, 03:35 pm

I have family who worked for GM and that's who told me not to waste my money on their product. Toyota doesn't have a situation of its brakes not working. Sudden unexpected accelleration is not a brake problem. What do you think the Blue Prius driver did to wear his brakes out? His brakes did work, he just didn't put his car in neutral when the throttle allegedly opened wide. Your story about a Highlander driver whose brakes just stopped working sounds like an urban legend to me and tell your friends to stop forwarding that stuff to you, or you'll keep seeing the story over and over and each iteration will include more gore than the last one.

Terrence B · 17 Jul 2010, 03:36 pm

You are aware that the mentione d Toyotas are made in America aren't you? the USDOT classifies them as domestic cars. for what it's worth, I know more than a handful fo people who are devout

Cadillac owners that consider their cars great cars eventhough they have replaced transmissions and before 100,000 miles. 100,000 miles on a Toyota is just broken in. The issues mentioned are blown out of proportion. Problems per 100 cars are significantly lower on Toyotas even with the issues recently mentioned. Supporting American jobs is important, but it doesn't help the economy when the manufacturers get all of the money. Many complain that the toyota isn't Union but the UAW is obsolete anyway. They were created to protect the worker, but now there are labor laws that take care of that. People still lost their jobs even after paying all that money in union dues. Any company that builds cars here is helping the economy by bringing jobs. Ask yourself, why is it that everything has suddenly crumbled overnight for Toyota? When cars that have been owned from 3-7 years are suddenly having an issue all at the same time, There is something going on here.

Gene R. Z · 17 Jul 2010, 03:40 pm

Although Toyota has fallen to the number two spot with respect to reliability (after Honda), it still dominates nearly all measures of Quality - reliability, durability, CAA's Pyramid Awards for "vehicle engineering excellence in terms of actual, long-term, reliable performance," the results of Reputation Institute's international survey on "the trust, esteem, admiration, and favorable feeling that consumers hold for 1,000 companies and their products or services," and Harris Interactive's ranking of the Best and the Worst.

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