Banzai! - Toyota is #1

(1) driving.ca http://doiop.com/c4cc4i

Toyota Motor Corp. edged past General Motors Corp. to become the
world's biggest automaker by sales volume in 2006, leading industry
paper Automotive News said.

The Automotive News Data Center, which publishes a widely quoted annual
ranking of the world's automakers, said Japan's top carmaker outsold GM
by about 128,000 units, with 8,808,000 units, when stripping out
commercial vehicles built by a GM affiliate in China. GM sold
8,679,860, the paper said.

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(2) Rising Sun http://doiop.com/banzai

The Emperor is pleased.

 

I read that yesterday. GM was trying to cheat. Funny enough!

 

That's what's so great about statistics, the data can be manipulated to
achieve any desired result. My favorite is "Best In Class". Pay enough
money and JD Power & Associates can make the Ford Escort sound like a
world class car. Oh wait, they did!

--
Gyz

07 Saturn Sky
98 Dodge Status ES
94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST

 

Does this really matter?
For many many years GM was #1 in volume, but definitely not near #1 in
quality of design and manufacture.

 

Says you.

 

And you are an idiot.

 

I take it you own several thousand shares of Toyota stock?


--
k
www.perfectreign.com

making the impossible happen
ahead of schedule

 

I remember those days, I was a double-gear certified GM mechanic who had
to deal with it.

--
Gyz

07 Saturn Sky
98 Dodge Status ES
94 Mitsubishi Eclipse GST

 

I was thinking today, as I often do...

I remember when I was a kid, and GM outsold EVERYBODY in the world, all
across the globe.

In the 80's their market started dwindling to North America. Now it is
mostly North America with a few sales around the globe; Cadillacs actually
sell a few units every year in Japan.

Now, even the home market is abandoning the brand.

Toyota has almost always sold world-wide, and it has taken them till this
year to top GM.

 

Many people are followers. I got my first European car in 1958.
I gave up GM in 1981. My last was a GMC Van.

Toyota may have very good quality, but not the vehicle I need.
Honda's CR/V is on my short list.

Interestingly both the base Honda CR/V and Camry have wheels I would not
be caught driving with and me not big on fancy wheels.
The base CR/V wheels are just ugly steel wheels without a hub cap.
The base Camry has ugly steel wheels with a flimsy plastic hub cap.
Obviously they are trying to discourage purchase of the base model.
With both vehicles going up one level gets me into features I don't
want, so I would have to buy the base and change the wheels.
Add $1,000 to the price!