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[Real Reality]

Toyota Betrays Korea... Again
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. dumped its Korean partner Shinjin Motor and withdrew from Korea to pursue its own interests in the 1960s.... An imported car dealer who helped Toyota re-establish itself in the Korean market for years was ousted after Toyota established a local subsidiary in Korea.... Back on Friday, Toyota Motor Korea held a press conference to offer an official apology for the hoopla over the Lexus LS 430 and ES 330. As the Korean press pointed out the engines' inflated horsepower claims, the Japanese carmaker hurriedly called a news conference.
Chosun Ilbo (September 13, 2005)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200509/200509130006.html

[just because]

I think i have seen 2 toyotas in 3 years here(granted i live in the relative countryside in the south)...they can't sell too many

[ChimpumCallao]

i live in seoul and its full of ugly boxy hyundais. never seen a toyota. good on 'em...if i was toyota id pull out too...why coddle a market that is obviously so closed off to the rest of the world via stupid hyper-nationalist policy.

[Ilsanman]

Good on them. They screwed Korea before Korea screwed them.

[Hollywoodaction]

Funny how the Korean press isn't talking about the fact Hyundai has been found to inflate the HP of its own cars.

[rapier]

first japan, then China... and now Toyota too has stabbed them in the back.

[Summer Wine]

(Suposed Historical) China had impact in Korea long before Japan did. If Korea won't wake up to today's reality, the Chinese may reassert their rightful place in this peninsula before Japan ever does. (Just stirring )

[weatherman]

M@sturbatory Koreans not spilling it. Got me?

[Wrench]

I still rather have a toyota then any Korean car.

[manlyboy]

Korean corporations don't put profits before people?

[Rteacher]

I had a Hyundai Sonata before I came to Korea, and I think it was comparable in quality to the Toyota Corolla I had previously. They used to be way behind ...