{"id":248076,"date":"2010-01-29T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hardcore-japanese-fans-lose-faith-toyota-quality-29-1-2010"},"modified":"2010-01-29T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T17:11:00","slug":"even-toyotas-hardcore-japanese-fans-have-lost-faith-in-its-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/248076","title":{"rendered":"Even Toyota&#8217;s Hardcore Japanese Fans Have Lost Faith In Its Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b62c9e00000000000174b42-400-\/japanese-man.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Japanese man\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"float: left; padding: 15px 15px 15px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ntweetmeme_source = 'moneygame'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly';\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Such is the perilous state of Toyota&#8217;s reputation right now that even its most loyal Japanese fans are beginning to question the company&#8217;s quality:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fg-japan-toyota29-2010jan29,0,3951770.story?page=1\">LA Times:<\/a> For 15 years, Tokyo taxi driver Kiyomi Hashimoto has been a loyal Toyota man. Not once has he considered changing brands or even the possibility of car problems.  But now, sitting in his black Prius, pondering the news of Toyota&#8217;s recent U.S. recalls, there are cracks in his once armor-plated confidence in the world&#8217;s biggest automaker.  &#8220;I never once thought I&#8217;d have a problem before,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now, I&#8217;m not so sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">News that the preeminent icon of Japanese industry had halted U.S. sales of eight popular models because of a design defect &#8212; after issuing recalls of 7.6 million cars and trucks in the U.S. in the last few months &#8212; has had a sickening effect on the national psyche.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fg-japan-toyota29-2010jan29,0,3951770.story?page=1\">Read more here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hardcore-japanese-fans-lose-faith-toyota-quality-29-1-2010#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/toyota-shares-body-slammed-by-death-pedal-recalls-2010-1\">Toyota Accelerator Pedal Disaster Won&#8217;t Come Unstuck As Shares Keep Crashing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/toyotas-quality-deterioration-hasnt-been-fixed-as-sales-of-eight-models-is-halted-due-to-death-pedal-concerns-2010-1\">Toyota&#8217;s Over-Expansion Glaringly Obvious As Production Halts For Eight Models<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/japan-becomes-toyota-2010-1\">Japan&#8217;s Revival Lies In Becoming A Giant Toyota<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NzuG3qJdVtoPuDIkSLZCTp5_qKg\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NzuG3qJdVtoPuDIkSLZCTp5_qKg\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NzuG3qJdVtoPuDIkSLZCTp5_qKg\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NzuG3qJdVtoPuDIkSLZCTp5_qKg\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=jsJ4MrCmN88:OqA02m4Y9-s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/jsJ4MrCmN88\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such is the perilous state of Toyota&#8217;s reputation right now that even its most loyal Japanese fans are beginning to question the company&#8217;s quality: LA Times: For 15 years, Tokyo taxi driver Kiyomi Hashimoto has been a loyal Toyota man. 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