{"id":1922,"date":"2010-02-01T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T14:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/?p=1922"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:14:38","slug":"is-it-too-late-for-toyota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandtwist.com\/blog\/overcoming-obstacles\/is-it-too-late-for-toyota\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Too Late for Toyota?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article in Today&#8217;s New York Times about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/01\/business\/01toyota.html?scp=2&amp;sq=toyota&amp;st=nyt\">Toyota&#8217;s slow response to a deadly problem<\/a> literally made me sick to my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>The terror that Highway patrol man must have felt as his car careened at 120 miles an hour is unthinkable.<\/p>\n<p>Many brands go through a crisis at one point or another in their history. 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