Toyota of El Cajon rebuts a claim during a press conference to the media regarding the latest complaint of brake failure on a Toyota Prius one week ago. San Diego, USA. 15/03/2010.
March 15, 2010 - San Diego, CA - Greg Kaminsky, Vice President of Toyota of El Cajon looks on during a press conference to the media regarding the lastest complain of brake failure on a Prius one week ago. The story by Prius owner, James Sikes(not shown) seems to be questioned due to the fact that Toyota was not able to duplicate the alledged problems of the Prius. More testing will be done on the vehicle and repairs will be made before the vehicle is returned to the owner. Following this incident, there is now a crash reported in New York where a driver was forced to intentionally into a wall to stop her vehicle. Toyota will be sending a team of testers to New York to review and inspect the vehicle. After the press conference, Prius cars where available for media members to testdrive and demonstrations of the braking abilities were given to show the Prius braking under high speed controlled conditions.(c) Renay Johnson
