Toyota- Toyota. well I wouldn't buy a Toyota. The recent book 'NOTES FROM TOYOTA-LAND' by Darius Mehri, Cornell University Press., reveals the harsh factory enviroment Japanese Toyota
workers endure.

If you were a reader of the influential book 'THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD' that extoled the Toyota dynamo the Darius Mehri book is fifteen years newer and more relevant.

The Toyota hybrid is a worthy technologial wonder but except for the pricey Lexus versions Toyota styling and interiors are overrated. Toyota's forte is simple designs that enable quick manufacture on the production line.

Get a Honda any Honda, the new Civic. And check out the great www.honda.co.uk is there a better automobile manufacturers web site?

A 2001 C320 is a car developed and sold at the nadir of Daimler/Chrysler's existance. They are beautiful. I have a 2002 C240 which is a pleasure to own, but the warranty work done on it (Bremen Made) would have me pause if considering a used 2001.