Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA At NASCAR-Inspired Event He Threw In Japan - Jalopnik
Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA At NASCAR-Inspired Event He Threw In Japan - Jalopnik
Fuck Akio and Toyota
Reminder: Toyota is also the third biggest anti climate lobbyist in the world
Also largest supplier of mobile weapons platform aka Hilux pickup truck.
a great unit(similar) CNC generals.
I was that close to a GR Corolla too. Thanks for making this easier.
The fact that I'll probably never be able to afford a new car again gets easier to accept every year it seems. Yay? I guess?
That's okay, the people making money off of you are having a good time.
what would you want a new car for anyways?
they:
you couldn't pay me to drive the average new car. I just bought a 2012 that I don't even know if it passes safety yet, because it's better than spending twice as much in something newer and inevitably shittier, even after considering the unknowns that will pop up. at least the problems my 2012 will have will be fixable.
Toyota lobbies hard against CAFE standards. They don’t wanna sell Priuses, they wanna sell TRUCKS!!!!
Of course. They're massively profitable.
This is absolutely true, but at the same time they killed the bulletproof 5.7 V8 and replaced it with a twin turbo v6 that just barely gives 200lbs extra towing and just craps all over itself every time ruining the Toyota worldwide name for reliability
Damn. Just finished up the payments on mine.
You purchased and paid it off before you knew, drive with a clear conscience until the wheels fall off and hope by then a better more ethical world exists.
Cracking up that the photo is in front of a Ford
Is that the Mr. Toyota Trump was talking about?
Yes Akio Toyota
I always confuse him with Akira Nissan
The name isn’t a coincidence. Akio Toyoda is a classic generational wealth nepo baby, the grandson of the founder of Toyota. Of course he’d be a Trumper.
The name of the company is read with a “ta” instead of “da” because of some Japanese numerology superstition reasons that I don’t fully understand.
Honda it is then
Honda is bending to Maga too.
Honda, GM and Chrysler have all cancelled plans of opening / expanding Factories in Canada, some that were already subsidied by the local governments, in favor of caving to US demands of returning manufacturing there instead.
Always has been.
Nissan it is then.
Nissans are unfortunately no longer considered reliable, due to often short-lived CVTs
That's a bummer. I love my old gen2 Priussy.
And sadly, Toyota about the only vehicle that I can comfortably sit in without my back being torn up.
Fuck cars.
Hot take.
Especially at the temps an exhaust runs at. No one should fuck that.
The CEO of Toyota is named Toyoda?
Although the founding family's name was written in the Kanji "豊田" (rendered as "Toyoda"), the company name was changed to a similar word in katakana - トヨタ (rendered as "Toyota") because the latter has 8 strokes which is regarded as a lucky number in East Asian culture.
More Tundras sold = more money
Sounds like the NEXT AMERICAN BOYCOTT!!!
Ask Elon how that went!
DUMBASS! Can’t fix stupid!
boomer asians/gen x asians lean conservative heavily often, moreso to do with thier socially conservative culture in thier own countries. evenmore if they are religious in anyway.
Wonder how much it costs to sell your soul to trump. Wonder what this bozo wants from trump
Easy: So I can scratch Toyota from the list of potentially interesting car companies for my next car.
You can simply scratch every single new car from that list while you're at it. Every single one is a massive privacy violation with zero right to repair and corporations that soft-support the Nazi's in myriad ways. Buy used and repair yourself, or walk.
I'm learning a hard lesson that you can't fix much after ~2016 either. You can replace the parts, but good luck resetting the computers without proprietary dealership software.
Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi, Subaru, BMW, and VW: "Haha yeah, soft support, riiiight...."
I love my 14 year old vw with no smart system (what little smart infotainment system it has hasn’t worked since I bought it and I’m replacing it with a regular stereo eventually) that I bought with a little cash. It has no frills like blind spot detection, lane stuff, nor backup camera, and I love it. But it has the right frills like heated seats and a sunroof.
I’m not sure I want a newer vehicle.
Maybe not Slate. We'll see.
Buy a used (ICE) car, and you're supporting the fossil fuel industry. Walk, cycle, and public transport.
They are literally the only ones who make a decent car anymore. Every other brand is horrible and constantly breaks down.
Hard disagree. Toyota has its lemons as well and people who removed about problems far outweigh people who are happy and don’t say shit.
I’ve driven and owned Jeep (80-90 model), Eagle, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai, and now Subaru and my vehicles have all been spectacular and lasted a long time with routine maintenance.
Do some model years or brands have some duds? Yeah. No one is perfect and plenty of other brands are just great.
Ask owners of new Tundras what they think about “reliability”. But, It is true, Toyotas are so fucking basic in design, there is not much to break or wear out. They are 10 years behind most other companies.
Uhhh... Subaru?
Take a look at Volvo or Mercedes