Another by-product of the increased number of recalls is that the media has  began to look back several decades and has found that Detroit has put out dangerous and sometime deadly products for years. That adds to the fog around auto manufacturing safety and that fog is also helping Toyota.

The big car companies has the top firm in their industry on the ropes. Their own quality problems may be the best news Toyota has had since it passed GM to take over the crown as the world’s top car company.

Dougals A. McIntyre