"Our Point of View" is written by Toyota associates and explores current issues in the automotive industry. From time-to-time, they will contribute posts that we hope will be of interest to the Toyota community. We encourage you to speak up, tell us what’s on your mind and say whether you agree or disagree with our posts. Thanks for visiting... and enjoy!
August 10, 2010 by Steve St. Angelo
What’s in a word? When it comes to the word “recall,” the answer can be a lot, given the media scrutiny that has surrounded Toyota in recent months. It’s important to keep in mind, however, that recalls...
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August 06, 2010 by Jim Wiseman
Here at Toyota, our commitment to quality and safety goes hand-in-hand with the deepening of our roots in America. These roots were first planted more than 50 years ago with the opening of a small...
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August 05, 2010 by Steve St. Angelo
I began my automotive career 36 years ago as a production team member at GM’s Fisher Body Fleetwood plant in Detroit. My start on the assembly line taught me what quality means and the hard work it...
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July 19, 2010 by Steve St. Angelo
Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor of the New York Times setting the record straight
Re “Toyota Concedes 2 Flaws Caused Loss of Control” (Business Day, July 15):
For the last several months Toyota...
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July 09, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
At the end of our three-day tour, our group had the opportunity to meet and interview our President Akio Toyota and Executive Vice President Shinichi Sasaki at Toyota’s Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology.
Toyoda-san is...
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July 09, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
Driver distraction has now joined alcohol and speeding as one of the leading factors in automobile fatalities and serious injuries. Here at Toyota, we’re putting our resources behind bringing attention to, and ultimately defeating, this...
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July 09, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
Today our group was introduced to the THUMS Version 4, the most advanced vehicle crash test dummy ever engineered. THUMS—which stands for Total HUman Model for Safety—is a full-scale anthropomorphic testing device, or ATD, that...
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July 09, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
Today, on the third and last day of the tour, our group arrived at Higashi-Fuji Technical Center—perhaps the world’s most advanced automotive quality and safety center —to witness a 40mph vehicle crash test. It was...
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July 08, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
Today Toyota made a major announcement that it is expanding its Product Quality Field Offices to four additional U.S. sales regions over the next year, with the newest center set to open in San Francisco...
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July 08, 2010 by Kristen Tabar
Today, the second day of the tour began with a presentation on Toyota’s global quality assurance operations, focused largely around the comprehensive six-point quality plan that is Akio Toyoda’s personal priority. In broad strokes, his...
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