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| Subject: Re: yep... and toyotas, and hondas.... | |
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Author: Oropan |
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Date Posted: 13:18:03 04/24/07 Tue In reply to: sci guy 's message, "yep... and toyotas, and hondas...." on 12:21:47 04/24/07 Tue Toyota and honda and kia are building lots of plants here in the US too.....in the South where there are right to work states. People don't care much there for unions. I never cared much for GM and if they go out of business I could care less. Although some of the cars they are making now are equal in value to Toyota and their new diesel pickup is very very good. The Tundras are great but they want too much money for them. Anyway, we have a little surprise for all those foreign manufacturers of autos....a rapidly falling dollar that is going to make their autos too expensive. That is why they are quickly building new plants here in the southern US. >The union workers at those plants are happy enough. > >Maybe the problem GM has isn't so much with union >costs, but with the fact that people don't want to buy >gas guzzlers any more.... > > >>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/Co >n >>t >>>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/ContentPos >t >>i >>>n >>>>g.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True&ne >w >>s >>>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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| BTW, none of the Toyota plants in the US are union | Oropan | 14:45:44 04/24/07 Tue |
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| can you show proof those plants aren't unionized? | sci guy | 11:32:18 04/25/07 Wed |
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