Summary: Toyota just loves trucks too much Toyota has long made excellent vehicles but when it comes to the environment Toyota has always lagged far behind its Japanese rival Honda Nevertheless when Toyota pushed ahead with the despite mockery from the rest of the automotive world it seemed the automaker might just be ready to push ahead of Honda Then again it isn t just the Prius it s all of Toyota s While most hybrid hype is placed upon the Prius the has quietly become a strong seller itself a trend that I bet will only pick up pace Moreover if Toyota is correct when it claims that the price difference between hybrids and conventional gasoline vehicles will disappear within the next decade then the Camry hybrid might soon outsell the Prius Thus it s completely dumbfounding that Toyota continues to join the Big 3 against a significant increase in CAFE If the future is all hybrid as Toyota claims and the hybrid price differential will soon end another Toyota claim then 35 mpg fleet economy should be a cake walk by 2020 So what s up with Toyota Does it fear high CAFE standards will destroy U S automakers and bring a backlash against foreign autos Is Toyota still uncertain about the future of hybrids Or are the ridiculous profit margins of large gas guzzling vehicles just too bloody addictive Where s the kaizen CAFE Toyota s bad growing addiction
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