The "Black Ops" team at General Motors must be working overtime. Got the US car buying public nervous about buying a Toyota, "dangerous carpets may cause your car to go out of control"----an inspired campaign! Now it's Mazda --"Spiders in your petrol tank making it explode" -- excellent. Expect-- the "new Honda models windshields magnify harmful cosmic rays and give you cancer " campaign soon.
But surely their sin was to take on the BIG THREE just like the Japanese did. Only the Japanese maybe had better lawyers/better cars?? It does seem a teenie wee bit of a co-incidence that all these faults in these rival manufacturers have cropped up just after the US based manufacturers went bankrupt and had to be baled out by the government. I believe sales of the American manufacturers have soared since Toyota's troubles- go figure.
When they chase me... And they are faster than they look! Little buggers just lurk in the shadows to jump out at me! (spiders that is... Not mazdas although that would be some cool pythonesque stuff)