ZT: 共同社/新华社:
   日本丰田汽车公司12日晚间向日本媒体透露，如果有必要，总裁丰田章男愿意赴美接受美国国会问询，就丰田汽车近来频繁召回事件作出解答。

  同日，西方媒体曝出丰田丑闻，称丰田早在数年前就“暗中买通”美国运输部下属的国家公路交通安全局官员，屡次对丰田汽车安全隐患调查施加“阻力影响”，促使先前的多次调查“不了了之”。

　　日本丰田公司总部官员12日晚间告诉共同社记者，如果美国国会向丰田总裁丰田章男正式传话，这位丰田汽车创始人之孙愿意亲自赴美接受问话并作出解答。

　　共同社说，丰田章男原定于3月上旬赴美与美国运输部官员接触，但鉴于美国国会压力，特别是众议院监督和※※改革委员会成员、共和党众议员达雷尔·伊萨提议要向丰田总裁发传票，丰田章男可能得修改日程，主动赴美答话。

　　美国国会众议院定于本月24日和25日连续两天对丰田召回事件举行听证会；参议院商务、科学和运输委员会听证会则定在3月2日举行。

　　以丰田总部不愿公开姓名的高层官员为消息源，共同社说，截至12日晚间，丰田章男尚未接到任何美方正式“邀请”，尽管主观上愿意赴美，但“去与不去仍是未知数”。

我觉得这种事不稀罕，估计中国企业这么干的更普遍。
只是这一次丰田不走运，赶上了。看看热闹也不错。

丰田的悲剧在于日本人的哲学中的劣根

※※妈喊你回家吃饭。

我主要想知道有没有"丰田企图收买美国交通部门"之事.
刚才楼主引用的那一段和我自己找到的都只有调查不力,没有"收买"之情节.

个人认为有可能是美国在找丰田的茬。金融危机搞得美国三巨头半死不活的，丰田虽说日子过得也不好但好歹也是天下第一。前两天看戴旭的书就讲到中国要谨防国际暗算，回头想想日本也没少被美国暗算，别以为是盟友就下不去手。美国人做事情还是满＂务实的＂。当然了，要不是丰田自己质量出了问题也不会被美国人抓到把柄。

我怎么听说是泰物士报。。。

居然被屏蔽

估计□□□□的的交通部门早被收买过N次了

电影【搏击会】里， 诺顿那小子开始干的活就是汽车质量巡查， 通过事故发现汽车可能存在的致命缺陷， 后来好像受不了车商的黑幕和上司翻脸了。

咸鱼一臭到底

这几天央视新闻也播了日本车在外国质量安全事件==

心想还是中国好

刹车在中国都不敢出问题

就是早几年三菱出过两回大事儿，落到现在下场

真好！！！

[2010-02-15 10:47 补充如下]

更正：

“刹车在中国都不敢出问题”

应为“啥车在中国都不敢出问题”

反正美国人不把丰田搞死就不接解心头之恨。

那篇新闻只是说美国的交通管理部门对于丰田车安全事件调查不力.没有任何像本帖标题说的:

"丰田再曝丑闻 被揭企图收买美国交通部门".

有点哗众取宠,我被骗进这个帖子了.

说的是ABC吧

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=9747342

Revolving Door: From US Safety Agency to Toyota Representative
Federal Investigations of Runaway Toyotas Excluded Most Serious Cases After NHTSA Official Is Hired by Car Company
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ, JOSEPH RHEE and BRIAN ROSS

Feb. 4, 2010 —

Federal safety investigators agreed to exclude reports of the most serious cases of alleged "runaway Toyotas" after the intervention of a former safety official hired to be a Washington, D.C. representative of Toyota, an ABC News investigation has found.

As a result, the federal investigation of Toyota's computer-controlled throttle in 2004 never examined any case in which the sudden acceleration lasted longer than a second or two, or in which the driver tried to brake, effectively ruling out all high-speed episodes.

There have been five similar investigations since 2004, and the same limitation applied to the most recent probe in 2007, involving complaints of electronic issues and uncontrolled acceleration in the Lexus model.

"It's beyond explanation," said Edgar Heiskell, a lawyer suing Toyota over a fatal crash of a Camry in Detroit which allegedly raced out of control. "I have not seen an explanation that makes sense," he said.

Toyota officials have repeatedly referred to the federal investigations as confirmation there is no electronic or computer defect causing some of their cars to race out of control.

But internal government memos and court testimony analyzed by ABC News show the federal investigations were extremely limited in scope, after negotiations involving former safety investigators who had been recruited to work for Toyota's Washington, D.C. office.

"Longer duration incidents involving uncontrollable acceleration" were deemed to be "not within the scope of this investigation," according to 2004 memorandum in the files of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The memorandum was written on March 23, 2004, shortly after the NHTSA official, Scott Yon, met with two former NHTSA colleagues who worked for Toyota, including Chris Santucci, who had left the agency only six months earlier, according to his testimony in a civil lawsuit.

"We discussed the scope," Santucci testified. "I think it worked out well for both the agency and Toyota."
Cases Didn't Not Included In Investigation

Twenty-six of the 37 initial complaints of runaway Toyotas were excluded from the federal investigation in 2004 following the negotiations between the safety agency and the Toyota representatives.

The 26 excluded incidents included 25 cases in which accidents or crashes were reported. They were never investigated.

The investigation, involving Camry, Lexus and other models, was closed after four months, "without identifying a defect trend."

"By keeping that narrow focus, NHTSA almost ensured they wouldn't have enough complaint data to take action," said Sean Kane, of Safety Research & Strategies, a private auto research firm.

A Toyota spokesman said the company "respectfully declined to comment."

Under federal law, an employee in the executive branch is barred for two years after leaving government service from representing any matter under the employee's previous official responsibility.

It is not known whether the restriction applies to a federal safety investigator.

A Toyota spokesperson said Santucci was not available to answer questions.

In addition to excluding longer duration sudden acceleration episodes, the safety agency also ruled out any case in which the brake pedal had been applied.

A document submitted by Toyota to the safety agency confirmed it would not submit any reports "in which the customer alleged that they could not control a vehicle by applying the brake."

"Of course, our client who went from a very low speed to almost 80 miles an hour would have lasted more than one or two seconds and there's strong evidence she was trying to apply the brakes," said Heiskell. "So by the NHTSA Toyota standard of what was to be submitted, that would not have even been considered."

There was no immediate comment from the safety agency. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has praised NHTSA for its efforts to hold "Toyota's feet to the fire."

同日，西方媒体曝出丰田丑闻，称丰田早在数年前就“暗中买通”美国运输部......

================================================

想知道是哪个"西方媒体"?

丰田这次是摔大跟头了，世界第一也不好当啊，不知道接过这一宝座的大众能保持多久。

多希奇的事呢