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That didn't stop car manufacturers like Toyota and BMW from pulling out of the sport anyway (Honda had quit at the end of 2008.) That leaves only three major carmakers - Ferrari (owned by Fiat), Mercedes-Benz and Renault (though the latter recently sold a majority stake in the racing team to Luxembourg investment firm Genii Capital) - still in F1. "The sport just wasn't delivering the value," says John Howett, head of Toyota Motor Sports. For the new season, some of the old names have been replaced by entrepreneurs with more dash than cash. Ecclestone calls the new teams...
...Schumi. With Alonso and Felipe Massa behind the wheel, Ferrari is again a strong contender, and Ferrari, by general consensus and its own elevated self-image, is the beating red heart of F1. Three out of 4 fans who follow a team are Ferrari fans. (See the most expensive car ever auctioned...
...surprised and disappointed that you gave no credit to W. Edwards Deming. The American statistician was responsible for helping elevate Japanese manufacturing across the board and making the Japanese car industry competitive with the Big Three, which had initially refused his ideas. A. Trujillo Escareño Tustin, Calif...
...Whoever would abandon Toyota for an American car deserves an American car. Dennis Rothgaber Seattle...
...loyal Toyota man for 27 years. When my sixth Toyota car developed radiator problems in 1998, the company denied any production defects despite a recall for this problem several years earlier. Later, everyone in the industry acknowledged it to be an inherent problem in that model. I have not bought another Toyota car since. Any organization that sweeps problems under the carpet is bound to pay the price in due course. I am not surprised to read about the current massive recall by Toyota. A. Manoharan Sydney...