Toyota (TM 0.69%) is a company that's faced a ton of trouble in recent years. The recall scandals of 2010 had barely begun to fade when the tsunami in March 2011 devastated the company's key suppliers, slowing worldwide production for months and costing it thousands of sales.

But Toyota appears to have successfully accomplished that rare thing: learning good lessons from hard experience. In this video, Fool contributor John Rosevear looks at where Toyota is now -- and gives three good reasons to consider hopping on the Japanese giant's express.