Bookies predict another car crash for Toyota

With the widely expected recall of Toyota’s Prius hybrid car this week Irish bookmaking firm Paddy Power are offering odds on the next international car brand, after Toyota, to issue a recall in excess of 100,000 units.

And in even more bad news for the Japanese car giant Paddy Power make Toyota their odds-on 1/3 favourite to be first to announce another recall after the Prius. The luxury vehicle division of Toyota, Lexus, is the 2/1 second favourite followed by Volvo and Audi and longer odds of 12/1 and 14/1 respectively.

Bizarrely punters believe that Czech Republic car manufacturer Skoda is the least likely to be forced to recall their cars and is the 66/1 outsider in the betting.

Paddy Power said, “Ninety per cent of bets placed so far predict that Toyota will come a cropper again but with rumours circulating about a similar braking fault on the new Lexus hybrid I think the 2/1 about Lexus could be the value bet.”

Next car brand to recall a model

-After Toyota Prius recall-

• 1/3 Toyota
• 2/1 Lexus
• 12/1 Volvo
• 14/1 Audi
• 14/1 Dodge
• 16/1 Honda
• 18/1 Hyundai
• 18/1 Ford
• 20/1 Volkswagon
• 20/1 Nissan
• 25/1 BMW
• 25/1 Chrysler
• 25/1 Mercedes-Benz
• 33/1 Vauxhall
• 33/1 Fiat
• 40/1 Hummer
• 40/1 Daewoo
• 40/1 Alfa Romeo
• 50/1 Ferrari
• 66/1 Skoda

All prices remain subject to fluctuation.