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Date Posted: 11:59:50 04/24/07 Tue In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Re: ATTENTION U.S. CAR MANUFACTURERS!!!!!!" on 11:57:47 04/24/07 Tue Don't they make a bunch of those GM autos in Canada? >Yep, those US union auto workers are quickly running >themselves out of a job! > > > >> >>href="http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/Cont >e >>ntPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=T >r >>ue&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_070424">h >t >>tp://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentPosti >n >>g.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&news >i >>temid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_070424 >> >>Toyota tops GM in vehicle sales for first time >>24/04/2007 10:50:28 AM >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >- >>------------------------- >> >> >>Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. became the world's top auto >>seller in the first quarter, overtaking rival General >>Motors Corp. for the first time. >> >> >> >>Visitors at Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom look at >>Toyota's luxury car Lexus model in Tokyo on Tuesday, >>April 24, 2007. (AP / Shizuo Kambayashi) >> >>Toyota sold 2,348,000 vehicles worldwide in the >>January-March quarter, company spokesman Satoshi >>Yamaguchi said. >> >>Both companies posted record sales for the quarter, >>but Toyota's sales passed the 2,260,000 vehicles that >>GM said it sold during the same three-month period. >> >>The results mark the first time Toyota has beat GM in >>global sales on a quarterly basis, and bring the >>Japanese automaker one step closer to unseating its >>American rival as the world's biggest automaker, a >>position the Detroit behemoth has held for 76 years. >> >>While the figures only represent quarterly sales >>results, they suggest GM will be fighting to hold onto >>its bragging rights as the world's foremost automaker, >>a claim usually staked on annual production figures. >> >>In 2006, Toyota's global output climbed 10 per cent to >>9,018,000 vehicles. In contrast, GM produced 9,180,000 >>vehicles worldwide -- a difference of about 162,000. >> >>Analysts have been saying it is only a matter of time >>before Toyota, which has been gaining steadily on GM, >>eclipses its rival. >> >>GM, which sells cars and trucks under a dozen brands >>including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Opel and >>Saab, has seen its market share shrink in the United >>States even as it leads sales in China. >> >>GM has struggled to increase profit with job cuts and >>plant closures as high fuel prices drove motorists >>away from gas-guzzling vehicles. >> >>Meanwhile Toyota has been expanding, thanks partly to >>the popularity of its fuel-efficient cars, including >>the Camry, Corolla and Prius gas-electric hybrid. >> >>A copy of Toyota's "global master plan'' leaked to the >>media late last year calls for grabbing 15 per cent of >>the world car market by 2010 in the company's mission >>to surpass GM as the leading producer. >> >>But Toyota's pace of growth was slowed by some hurdles >>as vehicle recalls climbed to record levels in recent >>years. >> >>Last year, the automaker recalled more than a million >>vehicles in Japan and 760,000 in the United States, >>raising fears the firm was stretching itself too thin >>too fast. >> >>With files from The Associated Press [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| yep... and toyotas, and hondas.... | sci guy | 12:21:47 04/24/07 Tue |
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