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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car |
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car |
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car |
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car Front View |
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car |
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car |
World’s No. 1 carmaker in terms of production, Toyota Motor Corp, has stopped sales of a new Lexus SUV in the US market. It will investigate the risk for rollover accidents which is the latest dent to the reputation of the world’s largest automaker.After Consumer Reports of US urged shoppers not to buy the sport utility vehicle, Toyota Motors came to this unusual step of stopping sales of the 2010 Lexus GX 460. The Reports also called it a “safety risk” because of a potential handling problem in certain turns.Toyota said no decision has been made on whether sales would be stopped in Middle East, Oceania and Russia markets as well.
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| 2010 Lexus‑GX 460 Luxury Car Interior View |
Although the luxury SUV is a low-volume model for Toyota, the potential problem with its stability control adds to the toll from a safety crisis that has cost Toyota billions of dollars in lost sales and forced it to resort to cut-rate pricing.
Shares of Toyota, which have are up 13 per cent since early on February, opened lower but were up less than half a per cent in morning trade in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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| 2010-Lexus GX 460-4wd-4 door angular front exterior view |
The stock remains down 11 per cent from late January when the first in a series of large recalls was announced.
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