Comments on: Toyota to export excess Tundras, Sequoias

By: Rick_WagonWheel

Rick_WagonWheel — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:50:44 +0000

TomF This from Websters: export verb |ikˈspôrt; ˈekspôrt| [ trans. ] send (goods or services) to another country for sale : we exported $16 million worth of mussels to Japan. • spread or introduce (ideas and beliefs) to another country : the Greeks exported Hellenic culture around the Mediterranean basin. • Computing transfer (data) in a format that can be used by other programs. noun |ˈekˌspôrt| |ˈɛkˈspɔrt| |ˈɛkspɔːt| (usu. exports) a commodity, article, or service sold abroad : wool and mohair were the principal exports. • ( exports) sales of goods or services to other countries, or the revenue from such sales : meat exports. • the selling and sending out of goods or services to other countries : the export of Western technology. • [as adj. ] of a high standard suitable for export : high-grade export coal. DERIVATIVES exportability |ikˌspôrtəˈbilitē| |ɪkˈspɔrdəˈbɪlədi| |ɛkˈspɔrdəˈbɪlədi| |-ˈbɪlɪti| noun exportable |ikˈspôrtəbəl| |ɪkˈspɔrdəbəl| |ɛkˈspɔrdəbəl| adjective exportation |ˌekspôrˈtā sh ən| |ˈɛkˈspɔrˈteɪʃən| |ˈɛkspərˈteɪʃən| |-ˈteɪʃ(ə)n| noun exporter |ˈɛkspɔrdər| |ɪkˈspɔrdər| |-ˈspɔːtə| noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘take away’ ): from Latin exportare, from ex- ‘out’ + portare ‘carry.’ Current senses date from the 17th cent. But, Dammit to Hell, why didn't we think of unloading our excess to Latin America? Why, I can see acres of lots of unsold inventory right here from my penthouse offices in the Ren-Cen in beautiful downtown Detroit. Oh, wait...that's Chrysler's lot. Whew! Wait! I don't want to buy all those unsold Chryslers!

By: nitehawk

nitehawk — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:19:10 +0000

Very smart move. Saudi sheiks will certainly buy Sequoia’s, one for each member of the family. Btw, gas costs 11cents/litre in Saudi.

By: alceuzito

alceuzito — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:09:37 +0000

Ah, great… So, here in Brazil, a country where we pay US$ 13,000 for a car with 1 liter engine and power windows, the Tundra will cost about US$ 60,000 (BRL 140,000), and the Sequoia, about US$ 100,000; so it will save many jobs with an average of one and a half sales per month.

By: TomF

TomF — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:34:20 +0000

LLC: “exportation” is not a word. I am going to mail you guys a dictionary. What’s your street address?

By: freeyellow2000

freeyellow2000 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:31:30 +0000

yep leave it to toyota to get something good out of the slumping economy. its a win win for all parties involved… too bad the Big 3 didn’t think to jump on this

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:47:22 +0000

I’m no Toyota fan, but I must say what they are doing is nice.

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:50 +0000

And in most of Latin America the Nissan Patrol A.K.A. Xterra is King, trust me I now, and besides Latin America’s economy is not that strong, they highly relay on the U.S. so you cold say one time wonders. Hay they won’t me the only one time champ’s out there, right…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:26:45 +0000

Middle east Sequoias = target practice.

By: Borat

Borat — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:21:12 +0000

LLL3, you are right. Folks working at Toyota plants are keep on working, it was poor souls at Chrysler, GM, Ford who got pink slips.

By: Mike the loser

Mike the loser — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:19:50 +0000

Yard………………well Jihad jokes are funny, but yours isn’t.

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:17:40 +0000

Since Toyota is No.1 now, they are going “JIHAD”

Ya…. I know that’s just, WRONG! but it is funny…. or no?

By: Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3

Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:53:03 +0000

I guess Toyota never received the memo?

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:43:15 +0000

yup, they are.

By: elviososa

elviososa — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:41:34 +0000

Sequoias is fat and ugly!