<VV> ulterior motives, reasonable design goals

[Frank DuVal]

Tony Underwood wrote:

>
> The people running Toyota are ruthless.   They are also smart.   THAT 
> makes them dangerous competitors for domestic auto makers who had 
> damned well  better wake up before Toyota pulls the rug out from 
> underneath them altogether.   Toyota has wanted to rule the auto 
> industry for decades now, and they've been working tooth and nail 
> towards that goal.
>
> Pearl Harbor didn't work out as expected, so now they're "buying US 
> out" via running the domestic auto industry outta town.    The 
> sorry-assed part of this is that so few people actually realize what 
> Toyota is doing.
>
>
>

Interesting to note that Toyoda (family name) started his automobile 
building career in the 1930's by copying a Chevy stove bolt six. He 
started with a good design and just needed to improve on it. The last 
incarnation of that stove bolt six I saw was in an 80's Toyota Land 
Cruiser. It still had a family resemblance to the original Chevy stove 
bolt six! Just MAJOR improvements!

Frank DuVal