{"id":1926661,"date":"2023-05-08T13:41:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyota-suspends-sales-of-yaris-model-in-thailand-after-safety-test-problem\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:45:23","slug":"toyota-suspends-sales-of-yaris-model-in-thailand-after-safety-test-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyota-suspends-sales-of-yaris-model-in-thailand-after-safety-test-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota halts Yaris sales in Thailand due to safety test issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoyota-suspends-sales-of-yaris-model-in-thailand-after-safety-test-problem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1926661&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Toyota Halts Sales of Yaris Ativ in Thailand Due to Safety Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp has stopped sales and deliveries of its Yaris Ativ in Thailand after its affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests. The problem may have occurred due to pressure on Daihatsu to shorten the development time of the Ativ. Toyota&#8217;s CEO for the Asia region, Masahiko Maeda, said that the vehicles customers were currently using were safe, but Toyota was working with the Thai government to resume sales of the model. Further investigation was underway.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigation Underway<\/h3>\n<p>Toyota and Daihatsu disclosed last month they were investigating how part of the door in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyota-suspends-sales-of-yaris-model-in-thailand-after-safety-test-problem\/\" title=\"Toyota halts Yaris sales in Thailand due to safety test issue.\">side-collision safety tests carried<\/a> out for some 88,000 small cars had been changed for the purpose of side-on crash safety testing. Daihatsu has said that some 76,000 of those vehicles were Yaris Ativs mainly bound for Thailand, Mexico and the Gulf Cooperation Council.<\/p>\n<h3>Personal Attachment to Thailand<\/h3>\n<p>Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda said he had visited the Gateway plant for the first time in a decade to assure workers, also saying he had come to the Southeast Asian nation because he loved it. Toyoda has a personal attachment to Thailand, calling it his \u201chome away from home\u201d at an event to celebrate Toyota\u2019s 60th anniversary of operations in the country late last year.<\/p>\n<h3>Daihatsu&#8217;s Importance in Southeast Asia<\/h3>\n<p>For Daihatsu, which became a wholly owned Toyota subsidiary in 2016 when Toyoda was president, Southeast Asia is an important market, with production facilities in Indonesia and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BYD Co. plans to expand into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/standard-chartered-ceo-says-big-u-s-recession-unlikely\/\" title=\"Standard Chartered CEO doubts major U.S. recession.\">electric vehicles manufacturing<\/a> and assembly in Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for several hours on Monday<\/li>\n<li>Chip designer Qualcomm Inc said on Monday it would buy Israel\u2019s Autotalks Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Alibaba\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-regional-banks-shares-climb-after-tumultuous-week\/\" title=\"US regional banks' stocks rise after a turbulent week.\">logistics arm aims<\/a> to raise up to $2 billion via a listing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Chayut Setboonsarng and Daniel Leussink BANGKOK\/TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp has stopped sales and deliveries of its Yaris Ativ in Thailand, senior officials said on Monday, after its affiliate Daihatsu rigged part of the door in side-collision safety tests. 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