"TibetanMonkey, the-Monkey-with-the-Bag-of-****"

I think Toyota's problems come from arrogance.
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I dont know if you can lay it all off on arrogance, but when a company
grows in size and credibility the way Toyota has done, it is not unusual
for it to "get fat" and lose sight of the horizon a little.

With all that has happened, Toyota still produces vehicles that are
quite good, and the performance of Toyota with trying to rectify
the problems that have come to light are, IMO, far better than some
of their Generally Mentioned competitors.

If you will notice, people sometimes behave the same. A clean face,
a period of popularity, a rise to the top, and then the tsunami of hubris.
Some recover, some dont. Jesse James, John Edwards, "Cheetah"
Wood, etc