Toyota memo shows $100m savings over floor mat recall
February 22nd, 2010
Toyota chief executive Akio Toyoda will face the US congressional committee on Wednesday. Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty Images Toyota’s reputation for safety has come under renewed scrutiny after an internal memo showed that the carmaker’s executives boasted of saving $100m (£65m) through a limited recall of floor mats connected to a potentially dangerous acceleration defect. The [...]