Car review: Toyota will use "defective parts" to build cars, which is not needed to "lead" the market

Reporting on automotive information from the perspective of people's livelihood / Watching cars left and right December 14 Haikou report ——

Under the epidemic, some enterprises have spawned many "strange things" in order to protect themselves. Let's take Toyota, which recently announced that in response to the supply chain crisis, it will use "defective parts" to build cars in the future. As soon as this news came out, the market inevitably had an uproar.

Flaws, in themselves, represent "problematic". The so-called "defective parts" are interpreted softly by referring to parts that do not have problems with use and product defects, but have slight wear or scratches. In the past, such "defective parts" were directly scrapped. However, if you really want to enable defective parts, it is difficult to say whether they will be as slight as explained above, after all, there is still a problem of "difficult to control" when really using.

What does it mean that Toyota has changed the way toyota used to treat defective parts as scrap products? In the view of the left and right cars, on the one hand, it reflects that this company is helpless in the face of the epidemic, in order to maximize the interests of the company, it has to come up with this "next strategy"; on the other hand, Toyota may not really take into account the feelings of the market, "leading" in this way, it does bring a bad head to the market, I believe that with Toyota's move, there are not a few companies that will emulate it in the future - Toyota's big brother can do this, why can't other car manufacturers? Therefore, Toyota's move may have a certain impact on the entire industry.

In addition, for consumers, it is natural to think that using defective parts, such a car will be better? If, after using a defective part, the car really encounters a problem related to the use of defective parts, who should this account be counted? If consumers think so, and have doubts that are difficult to dispel, will they still buy Toyota cars? Will Toyota's move lift a stone and drop it on its own feet?

However, Toyota dares to put these questions apart, perhaps with its own considerations. Toyota is convinced that there are no use problems and product defects in defective parts, that is, it is still a "qualified" product, even if it is used on a new body, there will be no problem, and even some defective parts are difficult to find. If this is the case, flaws are not a problem, so why didn't everyone use them before? Will Toyota's so-called "conviction" be the same as consumers' thinking?

Speaking of this, somehow, it reminds me of the story of covering my ears and stealing bells, and Toyota may wish to experience the "ear covering bells".

From the left and right, Toyota's real intention is probably for its own interests. Under the epidemic, the supply chain crisis has led to the stagnation of many production lines of Toyota Motor, the decline in production capacity, and the reduction of sales, which will have a profound impact on the company's revenue and net profit. In order to optimize costs, improve production efficiency, and improve revenue, Toyota even thought of using defective parts, which showed some helplessness.

We don't yet know when Toyota will start building cars with flawed parts. If it really works, our question also comes - "can't drive a bad Toyota" logic still stand up to scrutiny? Toyota went from pursuing "perfection" to only pursuing "good enough to use", is Toyota still the heartwarming Toyota?