Come on! GM's gotta be chomping at the bit (is that the correct expression?*) about all of this. See, Toyota's been doing a lot of whoopin' lately, but it seems the whoopin' has turned on the master! (How's that for barely making any sense?)
Anyway, what we're saying is that for a long time Toyota was kicking GM's arse (well, lots of arses, not just GM's) in terms of quality. But now something's changed over in Toyotaville and quality is slipping. Here's a few recent articles:
The New York Times reports: Toyota Loses Top Spot in Reliability Rankings.
CNN reports: Toyota skids in reliability rankings.
Autoblog reports: Toyota Tundra hit with two more quality issues.
This following piece is pretty interesting because a few should-be homeruns from GM have turned into solid singles. Here's one example:
CNN reports: Déjà vu for GM: 2008 Chevy Malibu.
So, with the Camry having some issues and now the Tundra having issues, GM has to be pretty excited with the timing of the all-new Chevy Malibu and equally excited to have the Silverado matched up against the problematic Tundra. The key question here is, "Can GM keep up the quality?" We're not so sure. But we hope so.
*We were going to use the expression "Foaming at the Alison" but it's still a bit obscure. Feel free to use it. Liberally. All over your body... There we go again, foaming at the Alison.
Toyota is recalling a ton of vehicles in Japan as well. Nothing to do with where the vehicles are built. It just over reached too fast and their ego got the best of them.
Posted by: Shawn | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 03:13 PM
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Posted by: geiser80 | Monday, October 22, 2007 at 06:41 PM
Just curious, 'cause I don't have any idea bout this ... Does Toyota's decline in ratings coincide with Toyota building more vehicles in the US vs. Japan? Didn't 'Yota open some US factories in the past 1-2 years?
Posted by: Ottis | Monday, October 22, 2007 at 03:05 PM