- Banned
- #226
Toyota’s way of manufacturing, QC, product offering etc are second to none. In the 80s and the 90s this was coupled with adventure.. in the sense that they built cars that the common man wanted (Camry, corolla, Cressida, 4Runner, LC) then there was an adventurous side that built the Celica, Supra, MR2, even a damn supercharged Previa van (RWD supercharged minivan). Then comes the late 90s / early 2000s... we enter this phase were the adventurous side goes MIA. And you are left with a Camry, Corolla, Avalon, and a host of SUVs. That is the part that people generally remember of Toyota and then associate them with appliance manufacturers... sadly they don’t remember what they’ve done before. It’ll take a long time to change brand image now given the amount of time that has passed by .. kids that were toddlers when the Supra left the scene are now in their 20s... they never knew the adventurous side of Toyota.Generally, everyone I've worked with at Toyota are nice people with a passion for creating cars people love.
These individuals aren't bad folks either; it was more a passing comment (of annoyance) about this entitlement the public has, and how they insinuate Toyota doesn't know what they're doing when in reality they are the most successful car brand to ever exist by order or magnitudes. They're people just like anyone else, so things do get to them an elicit responses, but this is also something said only to me over drinks.
The Toyota Way is still the core principle.
Passion that went into making Lexus was something that made me love Toyota and Lexus on the whole to begin with. To an extent, I feel toyota could’ve pulled this whole Supra thing by themselves and not even use BMW for anything.
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