Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models

[Zorro]

Source: Yahoo News

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the automaker suspended production of three of them.

The wide-ranging faulty testing at Japan’s top automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in collision tests, and incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear-seat damage in crashes. Engine power tests also were found to have been falsified.

Toyota Motor Corp., based in Toyota city, central Japan, suspended production in Japan of the Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross. The faulty tests were also found on discontinued models.

The company said the wrongdoing does not affect the safety of the vehicles already on roads, which include the Corolla subcompact and Lexus luxury vehicles.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/toyota-apologizes-cheating-vehicle-testing-102117211.html

[quaint]

1. We screwed your daughter, sir, but we're sorry.

[Arne]

2. We have one of those but it's really old, and flimsy.

Love it anyway, as a grocery getter.

[republianmushroom]

3. But the CEO got their bonuses.

And we're sorry we got caught. We will do better the next time.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. K&R

[nuxvomica]

5. "Corolla Fielder, Corolla Axio and Yaris Cross"

So I drive a Corolla Cross. I'm wondering if that has issues.