Comments on: Toyota opens mall in Japan to boost sales http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: inspire http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368714 inspire Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:29:40 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368714 Cars in Japan probably fall out of favor since it costs too much in Japan. In NYC, parking a car is over US$550/month (in a decent part of town ... even higher in Manhattan). That's just to park it. Imagine fuel, insurance, maintenance ... time lost fighting traffic. Japan has crazy emission standards ... so keeping a car like 10 years is like chasing your tail. You have to do so much to keep it 'up to standard' can pretty much bankrupt the average person. You are better off buying a new car than try to bring an old car up to standard. That's why you see all the high end sports cars being exported to Australia, UK, all other RHD countries (you'll see the odd on in North America). It's almost sickening to see how cheap you can buy a R32 / R33 GT-R over there ... Anyway ... I can see how Japanese youth are abandoning cars. Transit there is fantastic -- fast, clean, efficient (just be weary of the perverts who try to feel up girls in the subway). And it seems it's a 'cultural' thing to commute instead of owning a car since that's a "green" thing to do. (Aside: another reason why Japanese makes are investing so much in alternative fuels -- try to prop up sales domestically as well as internationally). Cars in Japan probably fall out of favor since it costs too much in Japan. In NYC, parking a car is over US$550/month (in a decent part of town … even higher in Manhattan). That’s just to park it. Imagine fuel, insurance, maintenance … time lost fighting traffic.

Japan has crazy emission standards … so keeping a car like 10 years is like chasing your tail. You have to do so much to keep it ‘up to standard’ can pretty much bankrupt the average person. You are better off buying a new car than try to bring an old car up to standard. That’s why you see all the high end sports cars being exported to Australia, UK, all other RHD countries (you’ll see the odd on in North America). It’s almost sickening to see how cheap you can buy a R32 / R33 GT-R over there …

Anyway … I can see how Japanese youth are abandoning cars. Transit there is fantastic — fast, clean, efficient (just be weary of the perverts who try to feel up girls in the subway). And it seems it’s a ‘cultural’ thing to commute instead of owning a car since that’s a “green” thing to do. (Aside: another reason why Japanese makes are investing so much in alternative fuels — try to prop up sales domestically as well as internationally).

]]> By: Commodore http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368571 Commodore Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:35:14 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368571 I assure you sharpie, I probably have more of a world perspective than you do, being born in Europe and living there for more than half of my life until finally moving to the US. You can't take all of my comments literally, and the one you are responding to is an example of this. Some of my posts are serious (like this one), but others, especially ones in which I compare the cars of the future to my dick, are sarcastic or at least a lot less serious. My last post was not trying to say why cars are becoming less popular in Japan because the article already mentions that it is an economic issue, my post was trying to simply make a point - one that is not even really about this article. I just used the quote from the article that talked about how cars aren't cool anymore to make the point of how boring Japanese car companies are. No, just because they are boring does not mean that people will buy American cars (although Lexus is struggling in Japan because Japs find it "too Japanese" and are instead sticking to BMWs and MBs according to another article). Also, I should point out that although you have an argument that Hong Kong and Singapore are cities, Taiwan should definitely not be in your list of "cities". It is a 30,000 square mile island... And lol, don't count on the Chinese government imposing regulations on anything anytime soon. If China knows anything from the West, it is that regulations are not good for the national economy and just slow progress on everything. As for Europe being the same, you bring up a sort of good point autonut. Diesel is what Europeans have turned to in fueling their cars because things are pretty expensive there as well when it comes to owning a car. But also remember that Europe AND Japan are two extremely densely populated countries. Japan has more than 1/3 of the US population but about 1/18 or something of the land area. Europe has three times are many people as the US yet US has actually been selling MORE cars than Europe in the past few years - 16 million to 15 million for Europe (but that is changing). I think that goes a long way in explaining why cars are become unpopular in such densely populated regions and public transit is become more popular. For other examples look at Hong Kong and even New York I assure you sharpie, I probably have more of a world perspective than you do, being born in Europe and living there for more than half of my life until finally moving to the US. You can’t take all of my comments literally, and the one you are responding to is an example of this. Some of my posts are serious (like this one), but others, especially ones in which I compare the cars of the future to my dick, are sarcastic or at least a lot less serious. My last post was not trying to say why cars are becoming less popular in Japan because the article already mentions that it is an economic issue, my post was trying to simply make a point – one that is not even really about this article. I just used the quote from the article that talked about how cars aren’t cool anymore to make the point of how boring Japanese car companies are. No, just because they are boring does not mean that people will buy American cars (although Lexus is struggling in Japan because Japs find it “too Japanese” and are instead sticking to BMWs and MBs according to another article).

Also, I should point out that although you have an argument that Hong Kong and Singapore are cities, Taiwan should definitely not be in your list of “cities”. It is a 30,000 square mile island…

And lol, don’t count on the Chinese government imposing regulations on anything anytime soon. If China knows anything from the West, it is that regulations are not good for the national economy and just slow progress on everything.

As for Europe being the same, you bring up a sort of good point autonut. Diesel is what Europeans have turned to in fueling their cars because things are pretty expensive there as well when it comes to owning a car. But also remember that Europe AND Japan are two extremely densely populated countries. Japan has more than 1/3 of the US population but about 1/18 or something of the land area. Europe has three times are many people as the US yet US has actually been selling MORE cars than Europe in the past few years – 16 million to 15 million for Europe (but that is changing). I think that goes a long way in explaining why cars are become unpopular in such densely populated regions and public transit is become more popular. For other examples look at Hong Kong and even New York

]]> By: autonut http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368543 autonut Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:43:17 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368543 sharpie, not only in Japan but in Europe situation is the same . Cars are expensive and cost of ownership is huge. I think in Japan cars fall out of fashion, Europeans love to drive. In China car is symbol of freedom and status symbol. Only in this century Chinese can buy a car and drive for a picnic or just to see a patch of brown grass. Brown grass is absent in cities or you can't see it in the smog. sharpie, not only in Japan but in Europe situation is the same . Cars are expensive and cost of ownership is huge. I think in Japan cars fall out of fashion, Europeans love to drive. In China car is symbol of freedom and status symbol. Only in this century Chinese can buy a car and drive for a picnic or just to see a patch of brown grass. Brown grass is absent in cities or you can’t see it in the smog.

]]> By: sharpie http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368458 sharpie Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:14:53 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368458 According to Commodore, Japanese will just start buying American cars in Japan then? It has NOTHING to do with any particular automaker. It's a change in the Japanese's culture, forced on by high maintenance and purchasing cost and fuel cost of a car in Japan. Commodore has obviously never been to Japan or similar Asian places such as Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In these cities, the cost of car ownership, including the strict emission standard, makes automobile a luxury item (or liability) rather than a necessity as in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Most of the people there do live fairly close to the city if not IN the city, so public transportation is convenient and less costly to use. So I am glad you enjoy your car, but you only based your opinion on Western lifestyle and obviously don't know much about Japan and the reason why car ownership has fallen out of favor. China has not gotten to that point with regard to emission and safety standard (although Hong Kong has). When the Chinese government start imposing regulations that make car ownership much higher there, we may see the same change in attitude as well. According to Commodore, Japanese will just start buying American cars in Japan then? It has NOTHING to do with any particular automaker. It’s a change in the Japanese’s culture, forced on by high maintenance and purchasing cost and fuel cost of a car in Japan. Commodore has obviously never been to Japan or similar Asian places such as Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In these cities, the cost of car ownership, including the strict emission standard, makes automobile a luxury item (or liability) rather than a necessity as in the U.S., Canada and Australia. Most of the people there do live fairly close to the city if not IN the city, so public transportation is convenient and less costly to use.

So I am glad you enjoy your car, but you only based your opinion on Western lifestyle and obviously don’t know much about Japan and the reason why car ownership has fallen out of favor. China has not gotten to that point with regard to emission and safety standard (although Hong Kong has). When the Chinese government start imposing regulations that make car ownership much higher there, we may see the same change in attitude as well.

]]> By: A4 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368457 A4 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:13:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368457 Wow deanster, that was inappropriate. Wow deanster, that was inappropriate.

]]> By: SS4LIFE http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368439 SS4LIFE Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:00:05 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368439 ATTENTION EVERYONE. As of todau 3/26/08 I will no longer be posting comments on here due to the lack of maturity, and problems of whoever is using our LLN handles and trying to impersonate me and anyone else, and therefore causing problems. If any comments after this post are said by my handle, they will have a hyperlink to a gay porn site (Do not click on it) and are deemed offensive to anyone just know it wasn't said by the real me. After using LLN over the past 7 months, it's sad it's come to this. Good luck everyone. ATTENTION EVERYONE. As of todau 3/26/08 I will no longer be posting comments on here due to the lack of maturity, and problems of whoever is using our LLN handles and trying to impersonate me and anyone else, and therefore causing problems.

If any comments after this post are said by my handle, they will have a hyperlink to a gay porn site (Do not click on it) and are deemed offensive to anyone just know it wasn’t said by the real me. After using LLN over the past 7 months, it’s sad it’s come to this. Good luck everyone.

]]> By: Commodore http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368419 Commodore Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:37:50 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368419 "No one thinks a car is cool anymore." - HAHAHAHAHAH, well have you seen the cars that Japan has been churning out lately? They are certainly anything but cool. I have been saying for a while that the only people who buy Camcords and such cars are ones that don't even like cars - they just want to go from point A to point B. Some will say that "that is what cars are meant for" but I disagree. I myself love cars, everything about the experience of owning and driving a car, so I can tell you that even if I lived in a city with a perfect public transit system I would still own a car and NOT use the public transportation. Nothing can happen to make me think that a car is not cool anymore..except perhaps being forced to drive a Toyonda or one of those 500mm "cars of the future" that are smaller than my dick. Those certainly are not cool anymore “No one thinks a car is cool anymore.” – HAHAHAHAHAH, well have you seen the cars that Japan has been churning out lately? They are certainly anything but cool. I have been saying for a while that the only people who buy Camcords and such cars are ones that don’t even like cars – they just want to go from point A to point B. Some will say that “that is what cars are meant for” but I disagree. I myself love cars, everything about the experience of owning and driving a car, so I can tell you that even if I lived in a city with a perfect public transit system I would still own a car and NOT use the public transportation. Nothing can happen to make me think that a car is not cool anymore..except perhaps being forced to drive a Toyonda or one of those 500mm “cars of the future” that are smaller than my dick. Those certainly are not cool anymore

]]> By: SS4LIFE http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368417 SS4LIFE Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:29:41 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368417 Yeah, that also wasn't a comment by me, It's LP or whoever that JennyFromTheBlock is. Haha he must have something for J-LO. Yeah, that also wasn’t a comment by me, It’s LP or whoever that JennyFromTheBlock is. Haha he must have something for J-LO.

]]> By: DeansterTJ http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368400 DeansterTJ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:12:14 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368400 JennySuckingCock, what do you know about cars yourself you fucking fag? Are you an American? You have a proud legacy, what with all the Ford Focuses and Malibus on the road! LOL!!! BTW, if you're american, why aren't you getting your head sawed off on some Al-Qaeda Youtube channel? JennySuckingCock, what do you know about cars yourself you fucking fag? Are you an American? You have a proud legacy, what with all the Ford Focuses and Malibus on the road! LOL!!!

BTW, if you’re american, why aren’t you getting your head sawed off on some Al-Qaeda Youtube channel?

]]> By: JennyFromTheBlock http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368360 JennyFromTheBlock Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:07:01 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368360 johnnycanuck, you are canadian so what you know about cars and shopping can be written on the underside of SS4LIFE's penis? johnnycanuck, you are canadian so what you know about cars
and shopping can be written on the underside of SS4LIFE’s penis?

]]> By: johnnycanuck http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368355 johnnycanuck Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:03:14 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368355 How novel. They could also market it as a giant sleep deprivation clinic. How novel. They could also market it as a giant sleep deprivation clinic.

]]> By: inspire http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368346 inspire Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368346 Why not open a mall? If the car sales area is going down the tubes, why not diversify and be a landowner / mall owner? You know Japanese love buying stuff ... just make sure there's lots of French cosmetics / handbags and other trendy items ... you got a winner. And if you sell a few cars in the process ... win-win. Why not open a mall? If the car sales area is going down the tubes, why not diversify and be a landowner / mall owner? You know Japanese love buying stuff … just make sure there’s lots of French cosmetics / handbags and other trendy items … you got a winner.

And if you sell a few cars in the process … win-win.

]]> By: SS4LIFE http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368340 SS4LIFE Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:06:31 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368340 Things are either unique or thay are not unique, they can't be pretty unique Things are either unique or thay are not unique, they can’t be pretty unique

]]> By: Htay9500 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368338 Htay9500 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:04:51 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368338 JDM cars from honda, nissan and toyota are pretty unique. JDM cars from honda, nissan and toyota are pretty unique.

]]> By: Justacarguy http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368332 Justacarguy Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:53:06 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368332 Great place to watch some conservative and uninspiring cars... Great place to watch some conservative and uninspiring cars…

]]> By: christianboy10 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368328 christianboy10 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:44:24 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368328 I think that's a smart move I think that’s a smart move

]]> By: A4 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368327 A4 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:44:07 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/toyota-opens-mall-in-japan-to-boost-sales.html#comment-368327 not a half bad idea... gives the men something to look at while the women buy shoes. not a half bad idea… gives the men something to look at while the women buy shoes.

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