• Alteon@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    How are they so damn good? Ive got an old '02 Tacoma with 350k miles on it and the original transmission that I still drive around because the damn thing just keeps going.

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      9 months ago

      how are they so good.

      Western production “profit worship” systems are literally incompatible with making good products. Toyota has refused to cave to western pressure of creating plastic, planned-obsolescant quote unquote cars.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        Toyota is very much a for-profit business, and even donated money to the Trump campaign in 2016 because of his promises of corporate tax cuts.

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          9 months ago

          They are also pushing back on EVs to continue their hybrid line. They also lobby Australia to prevent emissions standards.

          They have a reputation for reliability. But they still worship profits above all other factors