Toyota takes 1Q world sales lead from General Motors

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DETROIT - Toyota has taken the global automotive sales lead from General Motors, selling 2.41 million vehicles to GM's 2.25 million over the first three months of the year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/...m_global_sales


Well, at least I bought American ...

[Big Dad]

If Toyota's are produced in the USA...doesn't that make them American?

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Originally Posted by Big Dad

If Toyota's are produced in the USA...doesn't that make them American?

Geeezzz Big Dad, you sound like a guy I had in a debate class many moons ago. Maybe I MEANT to say that at least I bought American .. with the owning company being in the U.S. Okay .. bring it on. I know you have a comeback.

[Big Dad]

Who's your buddy...who's your pal?!



So you're saying that the owning company isn't in CA?

Specifically:
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA INC
19001 SOUTH WESTERN AVE
TORRANCE CA 90509-2991

[RuggedH2]

I guess it depends what the meaning of is......is.

Fawkin Toyota is a Japanese company.

[KenP]

Follow the money, and the money ends up in Japan.

FWIW, we should all be thanking the American unions for this as they continue to stifle the profitability of American manufacturers.

[Big Dad]

Sooner or later the cost of manufacturing goods overseas and shipping them here will cost so much it'll be cheaper to manufacture them here....

And, it might be sooner than we think....

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Who's your buddy...who's your pal?!



So you're saying that the owning company isn't in CA?

Specifically:
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA INC
19001 SOUTH WESTERN AVE
TORRANCE CA 90509-2991

Ah-ha! OMG, I know so many people who work there .. and Honda, too ..located in the same area. HOWEVER ... you neglected to post that Torrance is Toyota's NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS!!!! Man oh man. Factoid ... Toyota owns many homes in this area (not Torrance) that are used for their Japanese executives for TEMPORARY family relocation. The execs and their immediate family are sent here for usually 2-3 years and then return to Japan. My son has lost a few friends who had lived here for only 2-3 years, only to be sent back to Japan.

[KenP]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Sooner or later the cost of manufacturing goods overseas and shipping them here will cost so much it'll be cheaper to manufacture them here....

And, it might be sooner than we think....

Not as long as union negotiated benefits continue to rise as they have over the past ten years. Labor, including funding pensions, insurance, paid leave, etc is the number one cost of American autos.

[wpage]

Toyota = Japan Inc. The money goes to Tokyo don't fool yourself...

Congratulate yourself for buying an American product!

You helped save a US job and helped the US econ.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Originally Posted by wpage

Toyota = Japan Inc. The money goes to Tokyo don't fool yourself...

Congratulate yourself for buying an American product!

You helped save a US job and helped the US econ.

Hear hear!!

[PA-H3]

Originally Posted by KenP

Follow the money, and the money ends up in Japan.

FWIW, we should all be thanking the American unions for this as they continue to stifle the profitability of American manufacturers.

NO you should thank the execs giving themselves million dollar raises, and not managing the company well. The unions are trying to protect the working conditions of the facility, so that workers don?t get hurt and mistreated. In a perfect world you wouldn?t need unions but the snakes in charge of the companies only care about the bottom line and not how it is achieved. Workers need to be organized into one voice, so as the individual speaking up doesn?t get terminated or demoted.
But hey that?s just my 2 cents

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by Hmmm2

Ah-ha! OMG, I know so many people who work there .. and Honda, too ..located in the same area. HOWEVER ... you neglected to post that Torrance is Toyota's NORTH AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS!!!! Man oh man. Factoid ... Toyota owns many homes in this area (not Torrance) that are used for their Japanese executives for TEMPORARY family relocation. The execs and their immediate family are sent here for usually 2-3 years and then return to Japan. My son has lost a few friends who had lived here for only 2-3 years, only to be sent back to Japan.

Ahem...

Originally Posted by big dad

Originally Posted by Big Dad
Who's your buddy...who's your pal?!



So you're saying that the owning company isn't in CA?

Specifically:
TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA INC
19001 SOUTH WESTERN AVE
TORRANCE CA 90509-2991

I believe it was implied.

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

Ahem...



I believe it was implied.

"Well, ok .. if you put it that way." she meekily replied.

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by Hmmm2

"Well, ok .. if you put it that way." she meekily replied.

You crack me up!

[Hmmm2]

Originally Posted by Big Dad

You crack me up!