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Automotive News & Views Toyota in decline in 2009?
3691 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 9:50 PM
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Replying to: 210delray (Jun 03, 2009 5:20 am) And Toyota's is only down a little this year, but that was with $1500-2000 cash back on Camrys and Corollas, the highest cash incentives Toyota has had on those models in a long long time (I can't recall a Corolla incentive of more than $1000 in the last 20 years, but I could be forgetting something, who knows). What other tricks can Toyota pull out of its bag to gain back sales?
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 03, 2009 5:59 am)  Whether any of these actually improve sales or just steal sales away from other models, I have no clue. |
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....Toyota is intentionally giving up marketshare due to the currency situation. We've been told to expect ZERO new Japanese-made vehicles in the 2nd half of the year...excluding the Prius. This includes all Scions, all Yaris', all 4R's, all Land Cruisers, all FJ's, many if not all Highlanders. IOW...'Plan to live off the Corolla, Camry, RAV, Prius, Tacoma, Sienna, Avalon and a few Tundras, Sequoias and Solaras.' I can't speak about the Lexus brand. This strategy is clearly shown in the monthly stats for May sales. Toyota is NOT going to ship extra units into a bad market especially at a currency penalty. I think that the days of chest-thumping when the sales stats come out are all but over. GM and Chrysler are about to shrink to miniature versions of what they used to be. Ford??? Toyota is shrinking itself. Honda?? Nissan?? Hyundai is growing itself but it's limited by production capacity. |
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jun 03, 2009 11:16 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 03, 2009 12:49 pm) Explorer gone ( may return as a crossover ) Aspen/Durango gone TrailBlazer/Envoy going Pathfinder going ( may return as a crossover ) This midsized BOF SUV segment is a 'deadman walking' segment. It has no future.
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jun 03, 2009 6:50 pm) |
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link title Toyota’s assembly plant in Higashi-Fuji, Japan, was awarded the Platinum Plant Quality Award by J.D. Power & Associates for making vehicles with the fewest defects and malfunctions. The plant, which builds the Lexus SC 430 and Toyota Corolla, averaged just 29 problems for every 100 vehicles built. J.D. Power released its 2009 Initial Quality Study this week, and for the sake of not repeating ourselves, you can find details on the rankings and procedures here. |
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jun 03, 2009 6:50 pm) Once upon a time, the domestics had that relationship, too, where the Durango/Dakota were the same basic thing, as were the Blazer/S10, and the Ranger/original Explorer. Must have been pretty cheap to make an SUV and a pickup, when it was from the same platform. In more recent years though, they got away from that. Is the Grand Cherokee going away? |
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