BRIEFS - Toyota boss apologises
Published:Sunday | June 27, 2010 | 12:00 AM
TOYOTA, Japan (AP):
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda bowed deeply and apologised to share-holders Thursday for the troubles caused by massive global recalls of the company's vehicles.
Toyoda was facing shareholders for the first time since the Japanese automaker's reputation for quality was damaged by the recall crisis that started last October.
Again bowing deeply after the remark, Toyoda also said the company was doing its utmost to improve quality control and thanked shareholders for their support.
VW Jetta gets safety award
HERNDON, Va.:
The 2010 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen has received the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) top safety pick award for 2010, the highest rating possible from the non-profit research organisation.
The annual award recognises vehicles that perform best in protecting passengers in the institute's front, side, and rear crash test evaluations, and the newly required roof-strength test evaluations. Another requirement is that the vehicles have electronic stability control (branded Electronic Stabilisation Program/ESP on Volkswagen vehicles).
"The Jetta sedan was the first car to ace the institute's tough side impact test in 2005 and one of our first top safety pick winners," said IIHS President Adrian Lund.