http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/ Autoblog Comments for Nine Toyota execs in the U.S. retiring, or are they? http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/scion brand: its cheap ugly and outdated bring back something like the xA upgrade the TC
toyota corolla: it plain sucks. the mazda 3 and civic beat it
toyota corolla/matrix engine: 2.4l and only 158hp with poor fuel economy? are we still in the 90s?
toyota fj: toyota, there are not that many rich offroader wanna be's as you might have originally thought
toyota/lexus landcruiser: at $60k are they serious? with todays gas prices?


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Yeah, it sucks so bad it's the best selling car in the world. Name one car sold in the U.S. that offers the safety features, the fuel economy, the build quality and the reliability of a new Corolla for less money. Other manufacturers should be so lucky as to have a car as sucky as the Corolla.
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Wasn't that the F-series? Regardless of that, it's not 'a car' that's the best-seller, but the nameplate.

The 2.4 IS a sh*tty engine if you compare it to anything Toyota's put in the last-generation Scions, turbo'ing the updated 1.8 (it's not brand new, all they did was adding VVT tech. to the exhaust system improving HP by 6 or something like that) would've done a better job overall.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/
I've come close to buying a Toyota several times, sometimes it was used, and sometimes it was new. But, gawd, they are such grey/boring cars...I don't want a super reliable car THAT badly.]]>Mar 5th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 5th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/
Way to flame the Toy, Autoblog.

@Stang Fan - I'm the same way. Give me a car with wicked style and/or Lackluster/Rotten quality car any day to a Nice Reliable Family Sedan or Econo Box or Luxury Car or "Youth" targeting division.


]]>Mar 5th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 5th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/ Fierce momentum is whats keeping Toyota rolling. Trouble is there`s nothing feeding that momentum. Every other manufacture now has quality equil to or surpasses Toyota`s, even Hyundai. In short Toyota sucks.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/
Most people buy a car for reliability and Toyota delivers that.]]>Mar 5th 2008 7:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 5th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 5th 2008 9:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 6th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/Mar 6th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/05/nine-toyota-execs-in-the-u-s-retiring-or-are-they/
-Ditch Scion ASAP(useless)!!!
-create a new line of 4cyl, 6cyl, and 8cyl engines
-Ditch the yaris and corolla hatch, bring back corolla coupe and downgrade base sedan and coupe to match price for yaris
-Put avalon on the same platform as LS(yes economanics! RWD!) and downgrade base avalon to make it cheaper(about 21k), and upgrade top-of-the-line avalon to match base lexus LS, and create a coupe version for avalon.
-make a V8 an option on the Avalon
-create sport moniker(R/T, SS competitor) for the corolla, camry(and solara), avalon, highlander, tacoma, tundra, 4-runner and RAV4.
-create untra sport moniker(SRT competitor) for the corolla, avalon, tacoma and 4-runner; and make ultra sport corolla AWD standard to erase torque steer
-raise all lineup's MPG by 5
-Drop one lexus crossover and one lexus SUV(it doesnt matter which but having 2 of each which are basically derivatives of each other is a waste of money and space).
-create avalon based sportscar to compete with challenger, mustang, and upcoming camaro

Deeper suggestions to come(if i feel like typing).]]>Mar 6th 2008 9:07PM