{"id":665680,"date":"2010-02-16T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=37386"},"modified":"2010-02-16T09:30:07","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:30:07","slug":"toyota-considering-incentives-for-current-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/665680","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Considering Incentives For Current Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/toyota-considering-incentives-for-current-owners\/20070514-toyota-logo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37389\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20070514-toyota-logo.jpg?resize=380%2C258\" alt=\"\" title=\"20070514-toyota-logo\" width=\"380\" height=\"258\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concerned over plummeting sales and declining values of used product, Toyota is considering a <del datetime=\"2010-02-16T14:10:07+00:00\">bribe<\/del> incentive program to <del datetime=\"2010-02-16T14:10:07+00:00\">silence<\/del> reward existing customers.  Nothing has been finalized, but the automaker is reportedly considering cash incentives towards the purchase of a new Toyota and warranty extensions for new and existing cars.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-37386\"><\/span>Let\u2019s see, you\u2019re hemorrhaging sales to Hyundai, you\u2019ve got about a hundred class action lawsuits in the works, you\u2019ve got less credibility than Amy Winehouse declaring she&#8217;s clean and sober and you\u2019re about to get a beat down from Congress.  Now is not the time to be \u201cconsidering\u201d incentives; now\u2019s the time to be giving loyal customers a one week trip to paradise with their favorite porn star, a new car and a fully paid mortgage.  Assuming, of course, that they\u2019re not planning on suing Toyota or already involved in a lawsuit.  <\/p>\n<p>Trust me &#8211; in the long term, Toyota\u2019s going to wish they got off this cheaply.<\/p>\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leftlanenews.com\/report-toyota-to-launch-incentive-program-to-smooth-over-recall-woes.html\">Left Lane News<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YOKCjQDroHfvk0Ddq2t6Y52CzxI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YOKCjQDroHfvk0Ddq2t6Y52CzxI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YOKCjQDroHfvk0Ddq2t6Y52CzxI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/YOKCjQDroHfvk0Ddq2t6Y52CzxI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerned over plummeting sales and declining values of used product, Toyota is considering a bribe incentive program to silence reward existing customers. Nothing has been finalized, but the automaker is reportedly considering cash incentives towards the purchase of a new Toyota and warranty extensions for new and existing cars. Let\u2019s see, you\u2019re hemorrhaging sales to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2NaM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}