日本の自動車製造会社のトヨタは、アメリカ合衆国での自動車の突然·反意思の加速事故の民事裁判で、325万0000台の車に手動ブレーキを挿入したり、自動車所有者に直接補償金の支払いなどを含む8億3000万0000ユーロの投資をすることで解決合意。
Toyota resuelve por 830 millones una demanda por problemas de seguridad
El acuerdo incluye pagos directos a los clientes y la instalación de un sistema de frenado manual
EP Tokio 27 DIC 2012 - 10:04 CET
Toyota resolves a lawsuit for 830 million security problems
The agreement includes direct payments to customers and installing a manual braking system
Tokyo EP 27 DIC 2012 - 10:04 CET
The Japanese automaker Toyota car will invest 830 million euros in the installation of security systems and cash payments to customers to settle a civil lawsuit in the U.S. accusing the company of making mistakes million vehicle accelerated suddenly and involuntary.
The agreement, which must be approved by a federal judge in California, including direct payments to customers as well as the installation of a manual braking system about 3.25 million vehicles, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.
The terms include a compensation fund of 188 million euros for antique car owners of the house that sold their vehicles at discounted prices because of the bad publicity, and a separate fund of the same value for owners who are not included in the improvement Brake system.
Toyota shares are up 1.6% on Thursday because the amount is finally lower than expected, analysts said.
Thirty models affected
About 16 million vehicles Toyota, Lexus and Scion in the U.S. sold models years 1998-2010 covered by the measure. Among the 30 models affected are the Toyota Camry and the Corolla compact.
"It was a difficult decision, especially since the scientific evidence and multiple independent evaluations have confirmed the safety of control systems Toyota acceleration," said Christopher Reynolds, general counsel for the group, in a statement.
The spokesman for Toyota in the U.S., Julie Hamp, said the company would not reveal until February when deliver its next quarterly earnings report, if you divide the cost in several quarters.
Most security crisis in the history of Toyota started to become public in August 2009 when the California Highway Patrol Mark Saylor and three family members died in a vehicle that hit the mark at high speed.
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