DETROIT: Toyota Motor Corp's reputation for quality took a hit on Monday when influential magazine Consumer Reports pulled its recommendation on three of the Japanese automaker's vehicles, including its popular flagship Camry sedan, due to poor crash test results.
While Toyota's luxury Lexus and namesake brands were ranked most reliable in the U.S. auto industry inConsumer Reports' annual new-car reliability survey, the magazine said it will no longer recommend theCamry, Prius v model or RAV4 sport utility vehicle because they received "poor" ratings in a crash test started last year by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.