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Author: sci guy |
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Date Posted: 11:34:09 04/25/07 Wed In reply to: Oropan 's message, "And GM is building plants in China where their sales are up about 40% this year" on 14:47:54 04/24/07 Tue of course, the sales of non-US vehicles are up there as well... a 40% increase of almost nothing is still a pretty poor market share. >>>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 >/ >>C >>>o >>>>n >>>>>t >>>>>>e >>>>>>>ntPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyl >i >>n >>>e >>>>= >>>>>T >>>>>>r >>>>>>>ue&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_0704 >2 >>4 >>>" >>>>> >>>>>h >>>>>>t >>>>>>>tp://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/Content >P >>o >>>s >>>>t >>>>>i >>>>>>n >>>>>>>g.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True >& >>n >>>e >>>>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 ] |