Toyota is experiencing a huge loss of owner confidence as a result of various safety glitches that have led to massive car recalls. The very idea that a car may accelerate out of control is a buyer turnoff.
One of the problems facing the car industry is the continuous list of " improvements " that are added to the basic vehicle. Most modern vehicles now have " cruise control " and in recent years rear vision cameras and satellite navigation instruments have become standard on the higher priced models.
All of these add to the things that can develop faults and which should receive regular servicing, and in some cases they can affect vehicle safety.
Today's cars are better built and more reliable than cars of yesteryear - and a whole lot cheaper when we take into account what we now get for the money, but with that progress comes a lot more gadgetry with the capacity to develop faults.
Toyota is paying the price for becoming the market leader. No doubt these present problems will be quickly overcome, but it is hard to imagine what the automobile of future decades will contain in the way of " driver aids ".
And what problems they will eventually reveal !
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