Comments on: Toyota likely to miss 2008 sales targets

By: gbb

gbb — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:09:15 +0000

If they planned on me ever buying one of those japcrappers, they are going to keep on missing their target.

By: acura_el2000

acura_el2000 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:09:18 +0000

HAHA this is what you get for trying to align your products with the big three’s

By: howsmydriving

howsmydriving — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:27:06 +0000

This story makes me weep. Perhaps if Toyota didn’t go out of its way to make its cars ugly, their sales would increase. Now, back to weeping….

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:17:34 +0000

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By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:46:43 +0000

Toyota is paying the price for abandoning their core market: reliable, fuel-efficient vehicles. The Corolla is a POS compared to the competition, and the new Scions are trying to pass-off cheap lower-quality cars as ‘cool’. Toyota is the new GM.

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:48:46 +0000

Aint that a bitch, welcome to the club toyota.

By: shaver

shaver — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:42:25 +0000

Nearly every auto maker from VW to Hyundai to BMW announced big sales gains expectations in the last 18 months. They are all going to have to rethink their plans and expectations. All in all Toyota is in good position, marketing wise and flush with cash. I do think they have way to many models in the US then they need.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:22:07 +0000

I do not feel bad for Toyota. Last year was record year and not every company can execute record after record. They are still profitable and even if they loose some it is not dramatic in their case. Most of cars they sell they sell with profit. Last year they were extremely profitable, this year they will be either little profitable ot break even or even loose a little. Will cool them off and direct from expansion to repairing their quality image and products.

By: corvette

corvette — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:15:45 +0000

heh.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:13:06 +0000

I feel just as bad for Toyota as for the other makes.
BTW, if YTD sales numbers are running at 12.5M annualized and some stupid market analyst still thinks they are going to be near 15M for the year, that means in the second half they have to run at 17.5M to average out. 17.5M vehicles in a year is running very very hot, like in boom-economy hot, like in a 40%-increase-over-the-first-half hot, which will not even come close to happening. If they are at 12.5M annualized now, maybe you’ll get to 14.5M annualized in the second half given new models and some discounts, so the market will end up around 13.5M units moved in 2008. 13.8M tops, I’d say, given some unexpected good news, but unless they doctor figures it won’t break 14M at all. It’s simple math.