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Automotive News & Views Toyota in decline in 2009?
3715 messages, Last post on Dec 02, 2009 at 8:36 PM
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 25, 2008 8:46 am) Like the 1932 Ford V-8 did during the Depression. A V-8 for the masses was a big thing back in the day. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 26, 2008 9:04 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Dec 26, 2008 10:20 am) lMore Alaska new-car buyers are choosing to go easy on the gas (Anchorage Daily News) |
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| when some said in this forum, while it was still called Toyota 2008, that Toyota wouldn't take a loss and no one would get laid off. Like the Guy from Toyota said, never say never. | |
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Replying to: hans7 (Dec 26, 2008 7:28 am) By your post I doubt that you actually do own one. If you do own one I promise that I can take YOUR vehicle and show you how to immediately get 48 mpg in YOUR Prius for as long as you want me to drive it.
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Dec 25, 2008 8:08 am) Well the RAV4 isn't produced here, and if they are going to keep on shipping those over I think they would do the same with all the Lexus models and the Land Cruiser, which sell at much bigger profits than the RAV4 does. OTOH, I would think they could stop shipping the Prius immediately, thereby avoiding the exchange rate losses they may be incurring and giving the bloated inventory already on U.S. shores a chance to sell out gradually until the new model is ready in 6 months' time. This is an old model now, and it's less competitive than it was without even considering that gas at $1.70/gallon gives people a lot less incentive to seek them out. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Dec 27, 2008 11:14 am) I don’t think they can cut off shipment that quickly. Industry, even Toyota, is a bit more like a ship or a train once it starts moving. The rise in gas prices was slow and steady and they ramped up production based on an idea that people would flock to cars like the Prius as long as both gas prices and the economy held together. The fall was so quick and drastic they almost couldn’t stop in time to have an effect of production. I would say if a person wanted a Prius it would be best to hold off for six months and let the overflow lots stack up with the current model. If things work out anything like the retail industry has this Christmas those old Prii should sell at a huge discount pretty soon. Maybe if we wait long enough Big Lots will buy the excess stock and we can get a Prius at Kia prices? Even I would consider a Prius at 10K but at 25K there are plenty of other cars to look at that won’t make me put a paper bag on my head to drive to a place where people know me. Not at $1.65 a gallon. |
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