July23
Although General Motors has retained the title of ‘world’s largest automaker’ for the past 76 years, Toyota has been steadily creeping up on the General for the last decade or so. Last year Toyota barely missed out on toppling GM from its perch, but 2008 could be the year the Japanese automaker finally does it.
First half worldwide sales are in and Toyota has a 300,000 unit lead over the U.S.’ largest automaker. According to Yahoo Finance, Toyota sold 4.8 million vehicles globally through the first six months of the year while GM only moved 4.5 million units.
Toyota’s tally is up 2 percent from last year, while GM’s is down by 3 percent. GM blames tough economic conditions and several labor disputes in the U.S. for the decline, but did point out that it is having a record year in regions outside of North America, such as Latin America, Asia and Europe.
Big shocker
With all the succuess toyota is having, the japs should finally be able to afford silverware and a kitchen table and chairs so they don’t have to sit on the floor anymore and eat with sticks.
so what
chopsticks R nor fiunny
hemiroadrunner.
just shows the sort of guy you are with a comment like that.
you probably know very little about the rest of the world
^^^ This shows me the kind of guy you are. You must be one of those sensitive limp wrist guys, because I know you’re not a world traveler.
You are such a faggot, homoRR. Only fags have girls as BFFs, because the girl doesnt want the slightest risk of your thinking that she may be interested in you.
Congrats, crackerhemi, you one-upped HemiRR’s weapons-grade stupidity.
theo, you are optimist: it is impossible task! with all due respect crackerhemi you are not capable of upping HomoRetard’s levels.
GM did not retain title of largest automaker in 2008. They conceded it after counting Chinese made cars. Those cars are manufactured by Chinese/GM consortium and GM owns less then 50% of it (per Chinese laws). After discounting about 300,000 Chinese cars GM finished second.
Mark Elias, get a grip on facts!
Largest auto maker amounts to largest loser. Especially while speaking about GM.
That’s what I thought xyunya. I guess it didn’t make the news or something…
Yeah it’s going to happen this year for sure…
^ Well then that’s makes Toyota the largest loser according to this article ihustle…
Toyota deserves it. Compare Yaris to Aveo
Its hilarious that HemiRR(Jared) is the one laughing at Japanese people sitting on the floor eating. His trailer park home is more worn down than what the average people have in Japan. Go tip a cow or something HemiRR (Jared).
And in other news i’ve decided to use my Toyota stock to wipe my ass to save on toilet paper.
ihustle, you are claim to be the best seller at your Ford dealership. Is your own analogy applies to you or selectively only to GM and other more talented and prosperous manufacturers and auto sellers?
macabre, if you bought your toyota stock during last year, it was not the best investment. When oil goes up all auto equities go down. Perhaps energy stock would be better investment. Overall, it was much better choice then domestics, because those are about half of the value compare to a year ago
****IN PRICK
Look likes HemiRoadRunner has something against anything that is Asian or in this case, the Japs are doing well and he conveniently makes fun of them and their culture.
GM needs to reform big time to catch up…..now.
Add Toyota to the list of #1 companies I wont support.
McDonalds
Microsoft
WalMart
And anything from France.
Not that I support any of your choices, Shaver, because I pretty much dislike those, too…
…but I’d like to know your reasoning. Here are mine for the same:
McDonald’s - Don’t want to go there.
Microsoft - I’m an Apple guy. Although I wouldn’t support Microsoft’s demise, I really don’t like their product.
Wal-Mart - I only dislike the U.S. Wal-Marts. I find the stores to be filled with messy people that don’t respect others and have little class. I’m always afraid to park my car anywhere near the store because every time I do, someone smashes into it with their door, their bumper or their cart. The Wal-Marts in México are really nice, though, and they have the friendliest service.
Toyota - For the most part, I don’t like their cars. Subjective opinion only, and I need no reasons as to why they are better. If I don’t like the styling, I won’t buy it.
beatusmongous, all other opinions were subjective as well, you don’t have to apologize for your choices.
I’m not apologizing. I just don’t want attacks by people who have something to prove, that’s all. If I don’t like it, I don’t like it. It’s as simple as that. I respect anyone for their subjective views, as well.
Xyunya aka BITCH i would be a great salesman where ever i go, thats what i do. I like ford and i see a bright future. Alot brighter then GM or Chrysler. I am a blue collared american and i dont believe in foreign. I dont like when americans bash american brands. Like toyota, move to japan. I hate when i hear people cry about the economy and there driving a ****ing rice rocket
I don’t understand why being pro-domestic has to be go directly with anti-foreign. If you feel that supporting domestic brands equates to improving the American economy and the middle class worker, then you are sorely disillusioned.
American jobs, no matter who writes the paycheck, support the American ecnonomy. Once you realize how many people have been layed off by the domestic brands versus how many jobs have been added by the foreign brands, the smart person would realize that worrying about where the company profits go take a back seat to the idea of well-paying jobs.
If you are so concerned that profits are leaving the US to support other economys, please buy that companies stock and share in the wealth. The only people who benefit from the companies profit directly are the people that own the companies. If Ford were to ever make a miraculous turnaround and have $5 billion in profits for 20 years, you would never see a penny unless you owned a share of Ford.
ihustle, you are the dumbest idiot in the world next to HomoRR. You do realize that 80% of Honda/Acura vehicles are made in the USA, right?
Just read this real quick:
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/features_classic_cars/proud_to_be_american_buy_foreign_feature
I dont like when americans bash american brands. Like toyota, move to japan. I hate when i hear people cry about the economy and there driving a ****ing rice rocket
I hate Americans who buy 2nd and 3rd rate vehicles, then call themselves patriots.
If you really love America, buy the best vehicle you can. The competition will FORCE the domestics to make good to very good vehicles. Competition is good. You are made because America is losing the competition. And their defeat is by their own deign.
If the Toyotas and Hondas of the world didn’t come over here and kick the Big 3 square in the mouth, you’d be driving a Vega and talking down to people smart enough to buy better vehicles.
In other words, you might actually sound more ignorant, if that’s possible is another post altogether……
DrFill
ihustle i just wana know something,
would you buy something if it was an inferior product just to maintain your “blue collar” status. If so thats a real stupid decision and saying you dont believe in foreign is just pure arrogance.
I do agree with you on Ford though. I do see a brighter futute for them, especially when you look at what the can do in europe. the need to make that lineup global
Thanks for the interesting read, Cracker. I highly doubt Hussie will read it, let alone understand it, though. Just to add insult to injury, my “foreign” minivan was designed and built in the U.S., which was one of the main reasons I bought it.
Until Toyota does it for 76 years in a row like GM, they haven’t “topped” anyone.
murderedout, excellent point.
Also, I don’t see how people on here could possibly see Ford as having a brighter future than GM. Chrysler? More than likely. GM? No.
And why is everyone bashing others’ comments for their beliefs? You don’t have to agree. But you also don’t have to return with equally demeaning and/or controlling comments. So much “white” bashing on here and most people don’t even notice or care about it. Look at some of the screen names (what’s up with that LLN???).
but GM has produced alot of junk for the past 76 years,
im not being biased as there are alot of GM products I do respect, CTS,STS,MALIBU,AURA,ASTRA,INSIGNIA,CORSA,G8,TRANSVERSE,
actually that aint much and the majority is german
psiclone: and therein lies the beauty of this forum. I’ve looked at a couple of other sites and after reading a dozen posts I found myself wanting to upchuck. All they talked about was the subject of the article. How boring is that? LLN is life, baby. If you want something watered down go to one an overpriced nightclub. If you want a double, straight up in a smoky bar, welcome to our club.
couldn’t have said it better myself
ihustle, you’re a blue collar American and don’t believe in foreign? Then why do you believe in swallowing brazilian tranny ****?
****-a-doodle-doo
Interesting how this auto-censor works
#1 F*ck Toyota and anybody who owns or thinks about owning one.
#2 HemiRR that s*it was funny, but I guess its ok to bash america all day.
#3 One quarter means dick, 187out post proves that.
#4 JohnnyCanuck thats why I was booted out of GM INSIDE NEWS, they hate it when you disagree, they’ll remove you from the forum (fags) LLN dont change a thing remember its a PUBLIC forum.
#5 Ford’s future is so bright that their stock is worth a 24 oz Miller Lite, and their worker morale is lower than Duh-bya’s approval rating.
I guess to be fair, the Big 3 should stop selling their crap in any country that isn’t the U.S. huh?
**** anyone who buys Foriegn oil too?
Dr. Fill said it all in his post.
and
Until GM makes quality vehicles like Toyota they haven’t “topped” anyone. Lambdas and Malibus arent proven and are not as good as Pilot/Accord or Highlander/Camry
Until idiots on here (like Triple Faggot) realize that if one day America has nothing but foriegn companies in America, the economy will make today’s look good. You cannot stay on top if the only people you work for are from Europe and Asia. That is known as third world. But then a guy like Triple Faggot whom has some useless job, I guess it does not matter as he will never see more then 30k a year anyway.
Just because your Toyota is made in the states does not mean it is a domestic car. It is all about parts content. Most foreign owned vehicles made in the states are just assembled here. The parts content comes from other countries and shipped here to assemble. It is cheaper to ship parts then it is to ship the whole car over here. Considering a large chunk of Asian cars assembled here are made for the U.S. market only, why not put them together here, build your plants in the Southeast where labor is cheaper and both local and state gov’t give you a tax break on the land for 20, 30, 50 years. This is a sad trend in America, especially with carless CEO’S like August Busch whom add to the rising increase in great American companies now foriegn owned.
Good luck to anyone on here whom is capable of having a wife and kids(I doubt there is many). Your future generations are basically screwed.
^^^^^ This guy is the perpetuator of @$$ kicking. Thank you for saying what I have been the WHOLE time, only without my hostility.
Lamboz….. Couldn’t have said it any better. These idiots on here think that its okay for these companies to take over because they are “built in America”… Those idiots are just eating the load of **** that the foreign companies and media are feeding them. They don’t understand how things really work. THINK about it, these are car companies!! <<They are supposed to be good at selling you bull ****
people need to open their eyes… O and god help us if Obama gets elected..Everything is going to sh*t. I smell another American Revolution coming. Any takers?
*Cracker* Do you think that money stays in america???????????????????? Are you dumb, or are you just trying to disagree. Yeah its built in America, but whos economy does it help???????????NOT OURS!!!!!!!!!! besides the americans they employ, the presidents of honda and toyota are transfering there us dollars to yen and laughing all the way to the bank. If your going to reply make it worth wild please.
American isn’t inferior by an means. Jap cars get better milage and where the economy is, they hit the jack pot. I hate how people complain buisness is slow, economy is down. Gas prices are up. STOP BUYING FOREIGN AND MAYBE WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS RECESSION!!!. I hate rice rockets and it pisses me off everytime i see one on the road. Im american, just like you guys. You like foreign move there!
^ Me too.
Wow, ihustle won my vote, even if he is a Ford dude. That’s exactly what I’ve been saying, about taking OUR money from OUR economy with the false sense of security that the japs are helping is by creating jobs. They’re creating a way to save money by getting tax breaks, reduced import fees/taxes, etc.
Anymore, there are few industries that have very little foreign content and very few foreign ownership (although that may be changing too). One is broadcasting. We could be the only industry left that is owned and operated by US citizens at a very high percentage. This is because for many years it was against FCC law to have ownership in any broadcasting property without being a US citizen. Everything else, you just have to be careful. Computer content comes from Japan and China. Car content comes from all over the world. Electronics components come mostly from Asia. Clothes from Israel, fruit from Chile, phones from Finland, plastics from Japan… Nearly everything is imported, except video and audio broadcasting content. That may be the only industry that circulates here. And we do actually export that content, too.
By the way, the biggest export for the U.S. is pornography. Sad.
In other words, we’re ****ed, literally.
Dr. Fill said it all in his post.
and
Until GM makes quality vehicles like Toyota they haven’t “topped” anyone. Lambdas and Malibus arent proven and are not as good as Pilot/Accord or Highlander/Camry
Comment by tripleonefive, posted on July24 at 9:37 am
Quality vehicles like Toyota? You mean all those sludge problems that Toyota corrolla, Camry has, not to mention the new Tundra that has transmission and camshafts that snap. LLN recently showed a GM car, a 1970’s Chevrolet Camaro, V-8, 350 with over 1 million miles on it. When was the last time LLN posted a foreign car with that many miles? HUH? NEVER!
Murder: There was a Saab last year donated to a museum that had way over a mil on it.
I’ve seen numerous Yotas at shows with over a mil.
Just because it doesn’t make the news doesn’t mean its not out there.
Saying Toyota’s suck because they are Japanese is stupid. I have said this time and time again: By buying newer GM and Big Three stuff, you are buying Canadian and Mexican built cars and trucks.
But oh…Toyota has numerous plants here in the US building top selling cars….such as one of the world’s best cars: the Camry–plant in Indiana.
Problems with Toyotas?? Umm…okay so they have a few recalls and small scale problems. Think of the past century when GM has made horrible vehicles one after another.
You don’t get the reputation of “Toyota’s run forever” by building poor quality cars.
Its exactly why Detroit is in this predicament. Its one they won’t be getting out of any time soon.
I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if all three Detroit auto makers file bankruptcy by 2011.
Move over GM, Toyota’s here to stay and your redneck Republican supporters aren’t going to save you…nor will including cars you don’t really build from China in your sales reports.
johnnycanuck, I was calling attention to hypocrisy in their posts. Also, my comment about white-bashing and screennames had to do with LLN’s apparent double standard in selective editing of comments. My comments about a certain presidential candidate yesterday never got posted. I think we agree on this, at least up to the point where I see a double standard in what’s allowed. I’m curious if LLN will allow the words niger (neh-gar) and cracker (kra-ker) or chink (chee-nk) and wetback (whet-bak).
Amazing, they do. But that still doesn’t explain where my post went yesterday.
VJZ, first off Saab is owned by GM. By Buying big 3 cars the Profits go back to America. The Toyotas that are built in America, the profits go back to Japan.The Toyotas that you are lying about with a million miles at your imaginary car show, probally don’t even have the original engine and transmission like the Chevrolet Camaro did. A few recalls for Toyota? Toyota had the most recalls of 2007. “Toyotas run forever”? LMAO, NOT! I think your pimpled faced teenage virgin is not even old enough to remeber the Toyota sludge problems of the 90’s, which caused engine failure. GM has been # 1 in sales for 76 years in a row, and until Toyota can do they, they haven’t beat anyone in sales. If you know math, you know Toyota, has a long time to catch up with GM, let alone the big three. The big three have more experience than Toyota, in the end, the big three will come out on top. As for the China comment, the China economy is growing rapidly, and so is there more need for American Iron, Buicks and GM vehicles being the main choice. So Toyota will keep on losing to the General.
VJZ, Did you not read my post closely. It does not matter where the cars are made. Just because a Coca Cola plant is in India or Spain, does that mean it is not an American Company. Your obviously an immature idiot just like Triple Fag Boy. American companies have manufacturing facilities all over the world just like Japan does. Do you think in Toyota City, Japan people get pissed because Americans took there jobs to build the Tundra in Taxas, U.S.A. Probably not since none of them even know what a Tundra is. The Big 3 build over 75% of the cars that are sold in America in the States. It’s a very small percentage of foriegn compnaies that build cars in the states and it’s not like the Asians are doing us a favor, it saves them money because they know, especially Honda and Toyota that Americans have zero loyalty to there own country and will buy anything with Toyota or Honda on it. It could be a burlap sack with wheels and if the label said Toyota it would be the best thing yet, Motor Trend would probably name it car of the year.
I am not against imports, my wife drives a new Sienna and I traded in a 4-runner two years ago that was great. My problem is the dumb ****s on here that have no clue what they are talking about. They think because a Toyota is made here it is an American car and a Chevy built in Mexico is a Mexican car. Get some education. If you have not driven a domestic made car since 1984 then you have no right to bitch so I don’t want to hear aboout some pro Toyota guy because of his experience with his 1988 Berretta piece of ****. Keep it up dumb ****s you are entertaining though quite sad at the same time.