“Toyota is committed to the highest standards of product quality and safety in the vehicles we manufacture, and we maintain the highest professional and ethical standards in our legal practices as well. We strongly dispute the innacurate and misleading allegations made against Toyota’s products and conduct by Mr. Biller, a disgruntled and unstable former employee with highly questionable motives and a penchant for litigation against his employers. We are confident we have acted appropriately with respect to all product liability litigation, and we intend to defend against Mr. Biller’s false claims vigorously.

“We fully stand behind the structural integrity of all our vehicles. Toyota vehicles are all carefully and rigorously tested, and are all engineered to meet or exceed the high standards set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which is the global leader in motor vehicle safety. Mr. Biller has grossly mischaracterized Toyota’s reporting to NHTSA. Contrary to his claims, there has never been any question of about the completeness and accuracy of the information we have provided to product safety regulators.

Mr. Biller also exaggerates the incidence of roll-over litigation involving Toyota vehicles. In fact, with 27 million Toyota vehicles in currently operation, roll-overs are a rare event. The number of pending rollover cases represents less than [one ten-thousanth?] of the Toyotas on the road today - many times less than the number Mr. Biller claims.

“Toyota has initiated proceedings against Mr. Biller, and, as with all pending litigation and legal matters, we are not in a position to comment further.”