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In 7 short years from a zero base of customers, zero proven reliability/longevity, zero base of customer support, zero dealer network, zero name recognition, to top dog is friggin' amazing.
Toyota hit the US shores in late 60s. How long did it take them to get to be the top dog?? In the early years Toyota would redesign their units about every 3 years to make them more end user friendly and slowly but steadily built a dealer network.
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