【汽车点评·新闻·原创】
最近美国官方逐渐将矛头对准丰田品牌,不是因类似大众的排放造假问题,而是因为ISIS恐怖分子拥有数百辆丰田车。美国前驻联合国大使Mark Wallace说:“几乎在每个ISIS公布的视频里都看出,他们开了一长队的丰田汽车,用于各种恐怖军事活动”。
面对美方的质疑,丰田公开表态,称自己并没有向ISIS售卖任何车型,并判断恐怖分子的Hilux和兰德酷路泽极可能通过非法渠道购买。丰田称,它们只负责新车销售,至于买家从经销商购买后如何处置,比如转手、被盗等,它们就管不着了。
事实上,在ISIS公布的视频里,除了丰田车,还有少数的三菱、五十铃、现代等。据伊拉克军方发言人透露,这些车可能都是走私进来的,据澳大利亚媒体援引一份最新报告称,2014年至2015年,悉尼丢失了超过800辆皮卡车,而反恐专家认为,这些车辆可能被出口至“伊斯兰国”控制的区域。
以下是丰田官方声明:
丰田绝对不会向任何可能从事准军事或恐怖活动的买家出售车辆,我们有相应程序,有助于确保我们的产品不被用于未获授权的军事用途,但任何一家车企都不可能完全控制住间接或非法的倒卖渠道。我们致力于遵守每一个国家或地区的法规,也同样要求当地经销商这么做。我们将全力配合美国财政部对国际供应链和流入中东的货物进入广泛调查。
以下是英文版:
Toyota has a strict policy to not sell vehicles to potential purchasers who may use or modify them for paramilitary or terrorist activities, and we have procedures and contractual commitments in place to help prevent our products from being diverted for unauthorized military use. However, it is impossible for any automaker to control indirect or illegal channels through which our vehicles could be misappropriated, stolen or re-sold by independent third parties. We are committed to complying fully with the laws and regulations of each country or region where we operate, and require our dealers and distributors to do the same. We are supporting the U.S. Treasury Department's broader inquiry into international supply chains and the flow of capital and goods in the Middle East.