subject: Winter Park used car drivers watch Toyota undergo transformation [print this page] It seems that Toyota really means itIt seems that Toyota really means it. Because Toyoda really means it. The grandson of the company's founder apparently understands the precarious perch Toyota Motor Company landed on in the United States due to the recent recalls. He wants it fixed.
Winter Park Toyota Prius dealers were impressed when U.S. Toyota executive Steve St. Angelo recently met with company President Akio Toyoda. The fact that he is open to dialogue and is ready to take action proves Toyota is moving in a new direction a positive one. Although government officials say they have had trouble getting information from Toyota, executives in the company say things are changing and they feel good about it. What does this mean for customers? Winter Park used car buyers can be sure that when they buy a Toyota, the company will stand behind its product. Period.
Toyota and Toyoda have definitely made overtures to connect with the U.S. market, its biggest, and step out of a corporate culture which may work in Japan, but doesn't always fly across the Pacific. James E. Lentz, president of Toyota in the U.S. said, "I don't think, being in Japan, that he or many people had a sense of just how stirred up things were in the U.S., from a regulatory standpoint, from an administration standpoint, from a customer standpoint, from a dealership standpoint."
Since running over General Motors to claim the title as the biggest car manufacturer on the planet, Toyota has had to deal with loads of criticism and red tape in Washington since that time thanks to recalls and accusations of negligence.
In meeting with dealers like those offering a Winter Park Toyota Prius, President Toyoda was very emotional, choking up while thanking them for supporting the company. He also shed some tears while visiting the Toyota plant in Georgetown, Kentucky. He even showed his solidarity by removing a company baseball jacket and gifting it to an employee who had complimented him on it. Yes, it seems the company and its namesake are connecting quite well with the U.S. branches of the Toyota company. Winter Park used car customers can expect this tightened relationship between Toyota execs in Japan and the workers and dealers in the trenches in the U.S. to benefit them in the form of better service and higher quality vehicles.
In the meantime, Toyota continues to increase U.S. sales and maintain customer loyalty. The company is communicating with the powers that be in Washington and using that information to build even more reliable and safer vehicles. Hybrid and electric technology are being pursued fervently and the Prius is high on the want list and the keep list for many U.S. customers. This is a positive transformation, no doubt about it.
Winter Park used car drivers watch Toyota undergo transformation
