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13339 messages, Last post on Dec 06, 2009 at 9:28 AM
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Replying to: tallman1 (Aug 28, 2008 8:11 pm) 1. GM 2. Toyota 3. VW 4. Ford 5. Hyundai 6. Honda The following was from Autoblog.com While Toyota and General Motors continue to duke it out for first place among the world's largest automakers, the lower rungs have been equally hotly contested. It came as a shock to many that Hyundai-Kia had surpassed Honda to take the Number 5 spot, but if you think the battle is being waged purely between the Far East and North America The following was from Motor Trend The reports are in, and Volkswagen has officially overtaken Ford as the number three automaker in the world. Volkswagen announced today that its sales-to-date in 2008 were 3.31 million vehicles globally, well ahead of Ford's 3.22 million.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Aug 29, 2008 5:59 am) Aviboy is in the business so I have to believe he knows what he's talking about both dealershipwise and at the auctions. But then again he is a car salesman so you have to take everything with a grain of salt.  Just kidding Aviboy!
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Replying to: m6user (Aug 28, 2008 7:34 pm)  Same engine and similar gas mileage to a Mazda6 i. Did not tell him what I paid for my 2008 Mazda6. 
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Replying to: moveover (Aug 29, 2008 4:19 am) Mazda is not a division of Ford. Ford owns a percentage of Mazda and does have influence but they have two different balance sheets. Mecury and Lincoln are reported in the Ford numbers. Kia and Hyundai are divisions of the corp much like Buick/Chevrolet and Ford/Mercury. I'm not sure of the exact relationship of Nissan/Renault. |
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Replying to: moveover (Aug 29, 2008 8:58 am) |
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Replying to: m6user (Aug 29, 2008 7:27 am) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jAgSQ0VczWzZH7Y-3KCESryj9tigD928D5J80 Not sure if that means they will build Passats or if they are going to design a vehicle specifically for the US.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (Aug 29, 2008 9:38 am) I heard about that new plant and that they plan on building a midsizer. I seem to recall reading something that it may be a specific to N.A. midsize but I can't remember where I read it.
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Replying to: m6user (Aug 29, 2008 9:58 am) Cup holders are wasted in my car. VW has plans to "Americanize" it's cars and make them bigger, softer, and unique to the U.S.. Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai and Mazda have already "Americanized" their midsize cars. I like having a choice of Japanese, German, Korean, etc. identity preserved in the cars offered in North America. Now they are all becoming clones of each other.
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Replying to: moparbad (Aug 29, 2008 11:22 am) Not so much Hyundai, which offers the same Sonata in the U.S. as is sold in the ROK, but another example is Honda, which designed a version of the Accord just for the NA market.
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Replying to: backy (Aug 29, 2008 11:26 am) They still sell the ROW Accord but just call it TSX and charge more for it. Maybe Mazda should do that with their ROW Mazda6 and call it Mazda6 |
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