Auto sales UP for every manufacture

Mike

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Nov 4, 2010, 11:27:20 AM11/4/10

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The newest report say October auto sales were way up for every manufacture
for October of 2009, as high as 30%, except Toyota which was down nearly 5%.

One has to wonder why, could it be the forced worldwide safety recalls of
over 14,000,000 vehicles?

FatterDumber& Happier Moe

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Nov 4, 2010, 5:04:17 PM11/4/10

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Could be Toyota pays it debts and is competing with GM and Chrysler
which got a nice write off, kicked the UAW in the nuts, and got a bunch
freshly printed new money to start anew and the dropping value of the
dollar gives them an advantage in the rest of the world.
It will be interesting to see what happens. Toyota will come through
but there is a lot of car making capacity in the world.

Mike

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Nov 4, 2010, 6:32:26 PM11/4/10

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Perhaps, but you missed the point, EVERY other vehicle manufacture made
gains, including Ford and the Koreans. Toyota is the only auto maker whose
sales showed a loss over the same time period.

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>> The newest report say October 2010 auto sales were way up for every

JoeSpareBedroom

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Nov 5, 2010, 5:15:42 AM11/5/10

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"Mike" <mike...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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You're right. It means Toyota sucks, and there is no other possible
interpretation of the stats.

Now, it's 5:10 AM. Go make sure you have enough clean glassware. It's almost
time for your Hennessey breakfast, Uncle Jemima.

C. E. White

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Nov 5, 2010, 7:21:47 AM11/5/10

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"Mike" <mike...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> Perhaps, but you missed the point, EVERY other vehicle manufacture made
> gains, including Ford and the Koreans. Toyota is the only auto maker
> whose sales showed a loss over the same time period.

Toyota also had lower incentives than most other manufacturers over this
sales period and outside the US, Toyota is doing very well. Worldwide Toyota
sales and profits are up nicely. I think they'll be OK. You are also
comparing Toyota sales to a period last year when Toyota was doing
exceptionally well. All in all, I would not make to much of Toyota's US
sales being essentially flat year to year for this sales period (October).

It seems to me that in the US Toyota has more to fear from Hyundai than GM
or Ford. In the world as a whole, it seems VW is soon going to be Toyota's
main rivial (which I find amazing).

Ed

Mike

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Nov 5, 2010, 10:58:43 AM11/5/10

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Once again our friend Joe$#itForBrains, the NGs resident racist has run our
of arguments to support his opinion and once again he resorts to personal
attacks. And he wonders why we call him Joe$#itForBrains. LOL

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Mike

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Nov 5, 2010, 11:10:06 AM11/5/10

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You have a point, Toyota major competition around the world is not in
midsize cars, SUVs, trucks and luxury cars as it is in the US, it is in the
lower profit midget and small cars. Those are the markets where the
Koreans with their much lower build costs, are beginning to eat Toyotas
lunch.

Having said that, the US is where they earn the highest percentage of their
profits however, and GM has continually outsold Toyota and one again so is
Ford outselling Toyota year to date, the sales period that is the most
important in the end.

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