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Date Posted: 14:47:54 04/24/07 Tue In reply to: Oropan 's message, "BTW, none of the Toyota plants in the US are union" on 14:45:44 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/ >C >>o >>>n >>>>t >>>>>e >>>>>>ntPosting.aspx?feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyli >n >>e >>>= >>>>T >>>>>r >>>>>>ue&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20070424%2fToyota_GM_07042 >4 >>" >>>> >>>>h >>>>>t >>>>>>tp://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/TopStories/ContentP >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 ] |
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| yep... that'll last a while... | sci guy | 11:34:09 04/25/07 Wed |