Toyota can't apologize to Congress enough. I think the whole exercise has gone too far. "Under blistering criticism, Toyota President Akio Toyoda personally and repeatedly apologized to Congress and millions of anxious American car-owners Wednesday for deadly defects in popular models produced by his Japanese company. But angry lawmakers forcefully declared it was hardly enough," the AP says.

According to the Washington Examiner here's what's really going on.  The government is now the controlling owner of GM, Toyota's major rival in the U.S., and a related player is the United Auto Workers, which is strongly biased against non-unionized Toyota.

I own a Toyota Prius and there is nothing wrong with it. If I get a recall notice, I may ignore it.