Mastodawn

“A #Japanese transport ministry raid found #Toyota – along with #Mazda, #Honda and #Suzuki – submitted inaccurate #SafetyData and used specifically modified vehicles to #manipulate crash-test results.

Production resumed in September 2024 after the vehicles were retested and Toyota apologised – but this may have been the catalyst for the car maker dropping them from their range, the ageing models to be effectively replaced by the new-generation #Corolla that launched in 2018.”

#Australia / #cars <https://www.drive.com.au/news/toyota-corolla-axio-and-fielder-models-dropped-in-japan/>

Toyota Corolla Axio and Fielder models dropped in Japan

Toyota will stop making the Toyota Corolla Axio and Fielder later this year, following suspended sales in 2024.

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skua Feb 24

@peterrenshaw

A bunch of scummy companies lieing to consumers about their safety.

I knew #Nissan for years threw away reports of dangerous faults in Nissan vehicles.

And that #VW lied about emissions.

Maybe trusting companies that grew with Nazi and Japanese #SlaveLabour during WWII was never a good idea?
Or is it that modern corporations are becoming and more fascist and put #ProfitsBeforePeople.

Destruction of #Trust

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Feb 24

@skua my take? New ADR on cars sold makes these models cost prohibitive to modify. A lot of models either dropped, modified or re-classified. New vehicles are safer to drive than ever, but expensive and you cannot easily get a new one quickly.

Makes purchasing an older vehicle that can at least be repaired, maintained an option. Wish Australia still had a competitive homegrown car industry. 🙁

<https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/all-the-cars-axed-by-australias-rule-changes-and-surprising-models-like-the-toyota>

All the cars axed by Australia's rule changes and surprising models like the Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series, Nissan Patrol, Toyota Fortuner and LDV T60 that are prepared for ADR 98/00 - Car News

New Australian Design Rules (ADRs) will begin to bite from March 1, 2025, requiring all new vehicles to be sold with auto emergency braking (AEB) systems. The rules mean major withdrawals from the Australian new-car market but they aren’t quite as widespread as you might imagine, with some manufacturers putting in the effort to keep their cars on the right side of the law.

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skua Feb 24

@peterrenshaw
I did some time on an AU car production line in the early 1980s.
The wages were very bad.
The washroom floors were routinely peed over.
The union seemed absolutely desperate to keep the industry going even though the workers were suffering.

If that's what it takes to have that industry in AU then no thanks.

Though if decent wages and decent conditions could be provided then I'm all for it.

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Feb 24

@skua “decent wages & decent conditions”

I’m flat out thinking of Aus companies where this idea now exists. Pay might be good, conditions shite. Conditions good, pay shite.

I worked in Unionised jobs while at Uni, moved into technical production and finally tech (startup / shrinkware / legalsoft / ecommerce). Each sucked in their own way.

Sitting on my arse thinking was 10X better than the dangerous, noisy 50C indoors / outdoors, the mind numbing boring PS or digging ditches. Tehc, you could loose your job at any time. I found the physically hard jobs easier (as a youngster) because you could switch off. Tehc went (and still does) at a different cadence.