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Toyota Faces Federal Investigation After Use Of Trucks In Isis Propoganda

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Toyota Faces Federal Investigation After Use Of Trucks In Isis Propoganda

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Usually when a certain demographic has an undying love for a certain brand of vehicle, that’s a really good thing. Outdoorsy granolas love Subaru, yuppies gravitate to Land Rover, etc. But when a group of terrorists seem to really, really love Toyota and have a lot of its pickups, that launches a full-on federal government investigation.

Toyota is in the United States Treasury’s sights, according to a new CNN report. Already, the Japanese automaker has suffered embarrassment for its trucks appearing prominently in ISIS propaganda videos. The company is vehemently denying that it supports the terrorist organization in any way.

The Treasury is looking into the company’s supply chain in the Middle East to see if there are any irregularities. Toyota has suggested that its trucks are being purchased by other parties, then resold to ISIS, because it has a strict policy of not selling to groups that would use vehicles for “paramilitary or terrorist activities.”

Even if Toyota has nothing to do with ISIS, this association between the two is triggering some negative effects. Aside from the federal investigation and any actions that could be coming from that, the automaker is in a big dogfight as GM is muscling its way back into the midsize pickup market. Many truck shoppers are quite conservative, so the possibility of a tie between an anti-American group and Toyota would be a big turn-off.

Already, the prevalence of Toyota trucks in ISIS videos has been the topic of late night jokes. Fox News is portraying the investigation has a huge blow to Toyota, but the automaker posted some impressive sales figures for September, indicating such a conclusion is ill-advised.

It’s entirely possible that ISIS, like so many other people around the world, like Toyota trucks because of their legendary reliability. After all, when you’re in the middle of the desert trying to enforce your extreme brand of religious government, having your vehicle break down is really bad for business.

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