Famicom Toyota Scion xb

   Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot fame has designed a Toyota Scion that pays homage to the Nintendo Famicom (NES) which is shaped and colored like the console of yore. For added nostalgia, the door handles are buttons that play a retro-gaming jingle when pressed.

Toyota Got Me in Trouble

   The post from Friday got me in a little trouble at work. No, not the edited picture of Kaz with his middle finger up but the blurb about Toyota drivers.

   It was not my intention to disparage Toyota drivers who got into accidents. That unfortunate "unintended acceleration" episode was brought up as an example of a small subset of the population having issues with a product while the greater population doesn't. If all Toyota cars were subject to unintended acceleration, the highways of America would be a collision course with much more accidents reported than there were. My family owns two Toyota vehicles including a Cressida from the late 80s that still runs fine and looks great. The other Toyota is a 2008 Lexus which has never had a problem. Based on Toyota's track record, the majority of their customers don't have problems either. If I offended Toyota drivers who were involved in accidents, that was not my intention.