Who Benefits from Toyotas Recall Problem?
tweetmeme_url = ‘http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1958379,00.html’; tweetmeme_source = ‘time’; Share digg_url = ‘http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1958379,00.html’; digg_title = ‘Who+Benefits+from+Toyota%27s+Recall+Problem%3F’; digg_window = ‘new’; As automakers tote up their January sales and release the numbers to the public this week, Wall Street analysts will be scrutinizing them more closely than usual with one end in mind: quantifying how badly Toyota has been hurt by its massive accelerator recall and identifying exactly which automakers are the most likely beneficiaries of it. It is not an easy call. Popular opinion would suggest that Ford could pick up a lot of customers who either are worried about Toyota’s problems or simply aren’t able to get the vehicle they want because sales have been halted. Ford has been the subject of enormously favorable news coverage this year, ranging from vehicle awards to headlines celebrating its return to profitab
