I agree, Toyoto quality has slipped -- sadly, particularly since they moved production to North America (the Corolla is now built in Canada). That being said, however, just ask at any rental outlet that has Toyotas and they will tell you Toyota is still way out in front compared to their domestics.
In any case, Toyota was never perfect. Three examples I know of are the 'black death' sludge buildup problem in Tercels, the infamous rust problems in their late-80s/90s pickups, and a block porosity problem in the motors they put into the 4Runners. Incidentally, Toyota is every bit as bad as the Big Three in terms of addressing chronic issues like these. They never did anything for owners (and refuse to acknowledge the problems exist). Me, I am much more of a Honda and Nissan fan myself. Toyotas until recently were about as exciting as a food processor (MR2 and Supra excepted). Now Zedic is going to burst a blood vessel, someone having peed on Toyota, ;-). Tee hee. Mac on 8/8/06 9:43 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, I am hearing just the oposite. Toyota has starting producing > so many cars that the quality has started slipping. > > Curt Raymond wrote: > >> Toyota's 3 brands (Toyota, Lexus and Scion) are just about set to become the >> world's largest auto maker over GM's 8 (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Pontiac, Buick, >> GMC, Hummer, Saab, Saturn). >> I think that real working people will abandon any one brand for a superior >> one and Toyota has proven itself again and again. Price a '99 Taurus vs a '99 >> Camry the Toyota just doesn't lose value the way the Ford does. Same with >> Ranger vs Tacoma... >> >> Where I work we've got "product quality issues" and every time they say >> "we've got great support and people will continue to buy if we've got great >> support" I cringe. People will switch to better products. >> >> -Curt >> >>
