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Toyota demo counters claim of electronic acceleration glitch

Washington Post | March 9, 2010

Embattled Japanese auto giant Toyota launched a broad counter-attack on Monday aimed at refuting research that suggests electronics may be at the heart of runaway acceleration problems that have led the automaker to recall more than 6 million vehicles.

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Toyota Slams ABC Report on Pedals

Wall Street Journal | March 9, 2010

Toyota Motor Corp. (TM, 7203.TO) on Monday criticized ABC News, saying the broadcaster "staged" part of a report that purported to show electronic problems could cause Toyota vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly.

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The Mechanics of ABC News' Unintended Toyota Acceleration Hoax

Jalopnik | March 8, 2010

In a press conference today, Toyota slammed the mechanics behind Brian Ross' ABC News report on unintended acceleration, showing how they were manipulated by recreating the same fault on a Chevy, Mercedes, Honda and Ford. Here's how the hoax occurred.

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Toyota's Intended Rebuttal

Motor Trend | March 8, 2010

If you've been surfing the Web today, you've probably already seen this morning's reports from the mainstream media detailing Toyota's show-and-tell rebuttal of the high-profile claims made by Dr. David Gilbert of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

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Toyota aims to refute critic who blames electronics, not gas pedals, for sudden acceleration

Associated Press | March 8, 2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. plans to try to undercut suggestions that its electronics systems caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to the recall of more than 8 million vehicles.

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