Toyota boss to address Congress
Published:Wednesday | February 24, 2010 | 1:04 PM
The president of Toyota is to face tough questioning from US politicians, over the firm\'s handling of safety problems, when he appears at a congressional meting today.
Akio Toyoda has already apologised for the recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide, and for accidents, which occurred because of the faults.
The reputation of Toyota has been severely damaged by a string of major problems across a range of vehicles.
The main issues have been faulty accelerator pedals, and a problem with braking systems on its hybrid models.
Mr Toyoda will be the most high profile figure to appear before the politicians.
He had initially said that he would stay in Japan and not face Congress, but changed his mind last week after a formal request from the committee chairman.