Personal Injury Law

Toyota Admits Growth More Important Than Safety

By Jamie G. Goldstein

Once the manufacturer of one of the most reliable and safe vehicles on the road, Toyota is quickly plummeting to the bottom in the automobile kingdom. Consumers are no longer relying on Toyota's name when it comes to safety and quality. Today's statement by Toyota's president gives consumers more fuel to add to their concerns about Toyota vehicles. The president confirmed that Toyota's rapid expansion efforts may have put safety on the back burner. Toyota's greed has certainly cost some of those once confident consumers serious injuries and their lives.

It is unknown at this time how many people have been injured or killed as a result of the defects in Toyota vehicles, but as the days pass more and more stories are coming to light regarding collisions involving a Toyota that had a faulty accelerator. It appears that Toyota knew well in advance of any recall about the problems it faced, but instead of recalling the vehicles, they continued to produce them. They put consumers in danger. Toyota's profits were being paid while people trusting Toyota were paying with their lives.

Full post as published by Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer on February 23, 2010 (boomark / email).