Peugeot/Citroen join in Toyota recall

Peugeot and Citroen are recalling models which they build jointly with Toyota, to have a potentially catastrophic accelerator problem fixed.

The Citroen C1 and Peugeot 107 are sibling products to the Toyota Aygo.

Toyota in Ireland is to recall an as yet undetermined number and models of cars as soon as it has acquired details of which ones, in a European recalll involving up to two million cars.

Meanwhile, the story continues to develop, with this article in the New York Times providing a full background and some estimates of its effects.