Michael Fumento
Factual · Powerful · Original · Iconoclastic
Advice & Dissent
"Terror on the Roads: Runaway Toyotas," was the title of an entry on a prominent Brazilian blog March 31. But today Toyota Motor Sales reported March sales increased 35.3 percent over the same period last year, on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Meanwhile the Harvard Business…Read More
What could pit bulls possibly have in common with Toyotas? Pit bulls, after all, tend to be smaller and furrier. And whatever you do, never try to wash and wax a pit bull. Still, there is a connection. Both have been at the center of "misinformation cascades," in which false…Read More
I've shown clearly that reporters are acting with reckless disregard for the truth in the Toyota sudden acceleration feeding frenzy since my Los Angeles Times article "Toyota Hysteria" on March 9. And no article showed that more than my Forbes.com expose, "The Toyota Hybrid…Read More
If you think I was tough for embedding in Iraq's meanest city a year after having my guts blown out in another part of the country, that was nothing compared to listening to the C-SPAN video of the 2-hour plus Star Chamber interrogation of Toyota Sales CEO James Lentz at the…Read More
It was the Camry in a car wash nightmare. With her two grandchildren in the car, Doris Dresner went through the wash in Columbia, Mo., with the gear in neutral. At the end, she stepped on the brake and put the car in drive. Suddenly it lunged forward. She slammed the brake, but…Read More
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