Showing posts with label Toyota recall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toyota recall. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Stories that Flint could have used about 20 years ago

Are we living in some kind of bizarre parallel automotive universe? Here are the leads from two stories on today's The New York Times homepage:
General Motors said Tuesday that United States sales rose 11.5 percent in February, including a 32.2 percent gain for the four brands it is keeping: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC.
And...
Toyota has recalled six million cars in the United States over concerns about sudden acceleration. But an analysis of government documents shows that many Toyota Camrys built before 2007, which were not subject to recalls, have been linked to a comparable number of speed-control problems as recalled Camrys.