My family owns two Toyotas currently, and have had other Toyotas previously, and we've been a Toyota fan for a long time, and it's a shame to see Toyota's handling of the current recall crisis...
"Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, today bowed to US pressure and agreed to attend a congressional hearing next week over the safety recall of more than 8.5m cars.
Toyoda had initially planned to send the firm's North American chief executive, Yoshimi Inaba, to address the House oversight and government reform committee on Wednesday.
His change of mind came amid pressure from New York Democratic congressman Edolphus Towns, who told Toyoda in a letter that American drivers were "unsure as to what exactly the problem is, whether it is safe to drive their cars, or what they should do about it."
Toyoda faces a barrage of criticism in the US over his handling of the recall, which has prompted government investigations, lawsuits and temporary factory closures amid plummeting sales."
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