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File - In this July 6, 2010 file photo, Prius hybrid vehicles are displayed at Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom in Tokyo. Toyota's Prius is becoming a little less quiet with a new electronic humming device that is the automaker's answer to complaints that pedestrians can't hear the top-selling car approaching. The 12,600 yen ($148) speaker system that goes under the hood of the third-generation Prius sets off a whirring sound designed to be about the same noise level as a regular car engine so that it isn't annoying, Toyota said Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File) (AP)

In this undated product image from Toyota Motors Corp., the 2010 Lexus GX460 is shown. Consumer Reports said Tuesday, April 13, 2010, it has given the Lexus GX460 a rare "Don't Buy" warning, saying a problem that occurred during routine handling tests could lead the SUV to roll over in real-world driving.(AP Photo/Toyota Motors Corp.) ** NO SALES ** (AP)

Ken Thomas, Dan Strumpf

FILE -- In a Nov. 23, 2009 file photo released by the Xinhua news agency, a model presents a Lexus GX460 car during the 7th China International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. Consumer Reports has given the Lexus GX460 a rare "Don't Buy" warning, saying a problem that occurred during routine handling tests could lead the SUV to roll over in real-world driving. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Jianli/file) ** NO SALES ** (AP)

Stephen Manning, Ken Thomas

Dee-ann Durbin, Dan Strumpf

Toyota President and Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (AP)

Kelly Olsen, Ken Thomas

State Farm: We warned gov't on Toyota in '07

Associated Press

Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, Ford Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, talks about Ford's progress during the economic recession, during a news conference at the Washington Auto Show in Washington. Ford Motor Co. said Thursday, Jan. 28, it made $2.7 billion in 2009, its first annual profit in four years.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file) (AP)

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