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August 23rd, 2006 04:20 PM #5Sta. Fe. widely-used na sa US and Europe while Fortuner pang third-world countries lang hehehe. d'ba meron Jamaican guy dito na nagpost na bumili ng Fortuner? seems that the Fortuner hindi akma sa panlasa ng mga "powers that be" ... sa tindig pa lang hindi papasa sa strict safety requirements nila.
even sa mother nation ng Toyota, mukang di pumasa ...
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August 23rd, 2006 10:07 PM #6check out car comparisons...
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August 23rd, 2006 11:24 PM #7It would be unfair to make these kind of statements that insinuate that the Fortuner (or the IMV project) failed any safety requirements, if no concrete evidence(s) are presented.
Originally Posted by oldblue
Btw, the IMV based Hi-Lux is also available all over developed countries in Europe like in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc..
and not just in "third world countries". Ok, since I dont have any evidence of the IMV's crash worthiness, I wouldnt make any statements. But think about it, if the Hi-Lux (which is based on the Fortuner) is being allowed to be marketed in those "first-world countries" then it must have passed some requirements at the very least.
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August 24th, 2006 09:03 PM #8------------------ Originally Posted by oldblue
Old Blue has a point, although I too agree medyo sweeping lang ang statement.
This said, it is a known fact that "the powers that be" would definitely be descriptive of the United States of America, and not any other country in Europe or Asia, since we all know that it is the only superpower left in the
21st century.
Therefore with that factual premise, in the USA, safety standards are really taken seriously and thus the argument that the Fortuner would not pass these strict measures is a very likely possibility.
Remember in one controversial criteria alone in the US for SUVs; observe the stance alone (Height vs width), basic physics would dictate that it definitely would have a poor roll over test after a high speed swerve result based on its dimensions...( center of Gravity is too high ) thus making it a poor and unstable vehicle in roll over crashes.
Europe and other countries I'm very sad to say by experience have poorer safety standards and close if not equal to ours... A simple example is in the Food and Drug Standardization wherein a lot of medicines are approved in Europe, Middle East and Asia and being distributed even it has been proven to be harmful to Human Health even by their own individual agencies...
Bring or create a substandard medication or any oral consumable product in the USA and seconds later the FDA would be breathing down your throat!
Ergo, because of this; in the USA, they ( Toyota ) would prefer to bring and create the Highlander, 4Runner,TACOMA or TUNDRA. One look and quick dissection of the specifications of these vehicles and you'll get what I mean by passing; at the very least the US standards of safety.
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