ScoringCriticals

Disclosure: What I am about to say applies to Mexico and Mexico ONLY!

Toyota? They are the best cars on the market!

Oh yeah they are of the highest quality and the maintenance costs are super cheap! I can pay my 50 km tune up with a smile and a hug and STILL get some change leftover.

and how about when you go a see a Toyota car at the dealership

Well this costs $50k more than its closest competitor because…you guessed it…its TOYOTA MADE!

and you know one thing? They are correct! (well except for the kiss and the hug part) They are very good cars that will last a long time and will give you many years of driving comfort without breaking down on you. What I am ranting about here is the DEALERSHIPS. They suck so much they could suck a golf ball through a garden hose! Let me throw a little bit of context to you guys before you start whining that I’m soiling the almighty’s name.

I’ve owned two Toyotas: a Tundra and a Hilux. Both have been very good trucks, solid stable (the Hilux tends to have a hard time going parallel to the curb but thats ok). Those two trucks will chew anything you throw at them at spit it back out in the form of a Ford F150 or a GMC Sierra. Now when I took my Tundra back to the dealership, because I wanted something a little bit less than a V8 iForce 4.8L “Earth Fucker” engine, everything went down smoothly. The dealership took the Tundra and it got paid off and I was all happy with my newly acquired 2.7L VVTi “4 seats and a steering wheel” Hilux Pickup truck. About two weeks after I proudly rolled off the dealership I get a call from Toyota Financial MEXICO. They regreted to inform me that the guy who determined the value of the Tundra after I had returned it made a mistake and I needed to pay 10,000 pesos because of a miscalculation. Now that’s not a mistake, that’s a Grade A Class Original Fuckup by a Grade A Class Original Fucktard! Now after one whole month of name calling and me acting like an asshole I worked out an agreement to pay half of what I owed. Now it only felt like a victory because I still got fucked but at least I got away with something.

The score so far: Toyota Mexico dumbassery -1, good hasslefree service 0

Toyota’s accelerator pedal gets stuck, accelerates on it’s own.

Effectively tries to kill you.

So much for good quality. I mean when was the last time you heard of a Chrysler that tried to Kill you? And those guys have as much quality as a 2 dollar hooker.

Score please! Toyota crap-tastic! cars -2,  two dollar hookers 0

Oh yeah! Well, what about their marketing strategy and pricing policy. Fair enough, that marketing department sure is doing their work. But what about their pricing policy…hmm lets see.

2007 Toyota Fj Cruiser

Price: 350,000 pesos

2010 Toyota Fj Cruiser

Price: 450,000 pesos

Now I don’t know of another car company that has changed it prices so much here in Mexico. I may be wrong so please if you have more accurate info please, by all means, correct me. Imma give you another example that Toyota Mexico’s pricing department is run by a bunch of monkeys with IQs smaller than their shoe size. Toyota introduces a small SUV called the Rush. It’s good looking and fresh, looks like a good deal too. Yeah a good deal for 3 months after that they stopped selling it. Why? Oh because of unforseen circumstances Toyota couldn’t sell that car within it’s price range. I thought that to make an feasability study to see it selling the car here is economically viable or not. You don’t just bring the car over and see what happens.

Toyota: Drinking two bottles of Vodka and throwing darts at pictures of cars on the wall and selling those cars for 15 minutes here is NOT a pricing strategy.

Total Score Toyota’s drunken craptastic dumbassery -3, Imma buying maself a Honda 0

There you have it folks! Opinions! Opinions! Put yer opinions in the comments section!