Can Toyota handle being number 1?

iluvmysephia1

and they had an article about a new subcompact Toyota is working on that is FWD and a 2-door. They are billing it as a simple, sporty little car that will be built well and give good gas mileage. It is about 3 years off still. But this new car under development is being built to attract young people to the Toyota brand. No mention of Scion in this small article I read!

The picture shows what looked to me to be a small Supra, with that same overall design, sporty and solid looking. Really a fairly attractive car. But I found it interesting that it was not being called a Scion but a Toyota.

stever

"After the Sequoia was introduced Wednesday, an environmental activist with a video camera approached Toyota's general manager for U.S. sales, Bob Carter, and asked why the company won't withdraw from a lawsuit against California, which has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish tougher fuel economy rules.

Carter refused to answer and knocked the camera out of Brent Olson's hands. Olson, of San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network, was eventually led away by two policemen."

Toyota targeted by environmentalists at car show (CNN Money)

The citizens of Fresno aren't too thrilled with Toyota's recent ad campaign either.

gagrice

San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network

Is this another ELF type group of wackos? Someone posted a website of theirs here. They are acting like they want to build their own plug-in hybrid. Why don't they do it instead of harassing the automakers.

I see a real civil war brewing between the people and these far left extremist groups. They go around destroying property and would like to take away what many have worked hard to attain.

lemko

Yeah, like burning Hummers on car lots. Burning those Hummers probably produced more air pollution than those vehicles would've produced had they run 20+ years.

gagrice

ELF burned a $20 million dollar condominium complex here in San Diego. I thought the environmentalist groups wanted us to be jammed together in the cities. I am sure the pollution from burning one tire is more than the average vehicle puts out in a lifetime.

I am no Toyota fan, and believe their so called green image is phony. However they do have a right to build and sell whatever is legal in the USA. It is the EPA & CARB these wacko groups should target. They add so many restrictions that it makes it difficult for the automakers to keep up with the changes. Our lack of fuel efficient vehicles lies squarely on the back of the EPA and CARB.