What Tiger Woods and Toyota Have in Common

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Oh dear, the messia has tripped, but don't worry he'll get up to lead us again.
What a load of crap! Not that domestic's are perfect, but come on, seriously. Toyota pooped in their bed. Yes they had great quality and made the most of an unlevel playing field. They truely believe that "business is war" and they will do anything (it turns out) to ensure they win. Now that the world has peeked into their playbook and didn't like what it saw, everybody is upset. Fortunately for toyota, people have short memories and in 5-10 years, if left with the current closed home market approach, will again be at the top in everybody elses market.
I certainly hope no car maker is allowed to buy favours from politicians/media pundits like toyota did ever again. In North America it's called "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" to do what toyota did and if a domestic company did half of what they did, would be shut down with lawsuits.
I can't believe there are toyota fans out there dismissing what they did.
Cognitive dissonance anybody?

Jim 12:56PM March 05, 2010

After all the bad news about Toyota is coming to an end, why don't the press publish the big recall on GM. I guess because it is Governent owned. So lets play fair the US cars cannot compete with the Japanese cars and never will. Toyota still makes the finest cars. Look at the Lexus Ls models.. No other car can compete.

Stephen J Gennuso of LA 8:06PM March 02, 2010

US cars are pieces of crap. Toyota is getting this bad press in order for you to go buy a US piece of crap. It's all fake. The Ford Focus hybrid is having battery problems, yet you don't hear about it.... what about he recent Chrystler recall?.. you don't hear about it. Toyotas run for 200,000 miles. So do Hondas. US cars???.. You're lucky to get 70,000.

Steve Woodward of CA 4:55PM March 02, 2010

The comparison is apt. Most importantly is the positive lesson in the "bouncing back...after the penance". This unfortunately applies to only those who remain positive and look deep within themselves to make the turnarround a possibility and soon enough because time is of essence. A good piece. Thank you.
Emeka D. Ugbaja, Nigeria.

Emeka D. Ugbaja 7:57AM March 02, 2010

They are totally different things. How could be the super-writter can merge them together? Americans' imagination.

Jan of CA 12:44PM February 28, 2010

No exception to the rule, I've made this analogy between the to circumstances in my head, good article, maybe a little too abstract for many readers.

Zane of CA 2:29PM February 25, 2010

This is the worst piece of tripe I have read in a long time. You should be ashamed. Do the rules of journalism apply to you?

Brian Charamuga of CA 3:49AM February 25, 2010

Or did you, Rick Newman, learn to write journalism from TMZ? And does USNEWS even allow this type of biased article around? MY GOD, speaking of the declining quality of US-made cars AND NEWS! Tiger Woods is a product of you Americans. Go read CNN. This article deserves to be the Worst Article of the Month award. What a bunch of twist.

ABCDGauGaDe 9:40PM February 24, 2010

This is no new revelation. Toyota (Japan) has an arrogance issue within their culture. For example, not long ago Toyota had engine sludging problems in which their engines caused superheated engine oil. It would fry and coke, causing passageways to choke off vital engine lubrication passages. A catastrophic engine failure ensued. Toyota denied the problem for years, yet the root cause was the engine's normal ambient operating temperature was well above the expectations of lubricating oil to protect the engine. The public, continued to report the problem to its dealers, but were saddled with repair bills at high cost. Toyota did NOTHING. Since it wasn't safety per se, it didn't matter. Now Toyota finds its culture in the middle of a safety issue. Congress, though no role model for perfection, certainly has the discipline to tar and feather industry. Toyota deserves to be put on notice. Americans who buy Toyotas should consider that American sourced automobile manufacturers have been the target of Congressional debate for years and have bettered their processes as a result, to that end, make a far better product. If you believe in this country, you should believe in American products. If you believe in Toyota, you should relocate your citizenship to Japan and help them evaluate themselves in product quality and safety. Toyota: It's your turn on the burner. I hope your arrogance can be corrected and less of it packaged with every vehicle you sell.

Jack of CA 4:09PM February 23, 2010

There is really nothing in common between Tiger Woods and Toyota. One is a gossip story that does not belong in the press nearly as much as we're seeing it there and the other is a set of safety issues that gives Americans a new good reason to buy GM, Chrysler and Ford cars---something we ought to do anyway.

Muser of NM 3:08PM February 23, 2010