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Toyota Scrambles To Pick Up The Pieces Of It's U.S. Operations
Toyota Motor Corporation, is planning an overhaul of it U.S. operations following weaker sales in June, with the automaker likely to introduce additional production holidays at its Texas truck factory and two other U.S. facilities to trim output, according to a Japanese media report.

Toyota is also planning to transfer some employees at its Indiana plant to other facilities and increase production at a facility producing the Camry sedan and other fuel-efficient vehicles, the Nikkei newspaper reported Thursday, Read Article
Toyota Scrambles To Pick Up The Pieces Of It's U.S. Operations



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kpaxxkpaxx - 7/7/2008 10:01:38 AM
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toyota is starting to look like GM!

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Agent009Agent009 - 7/7/2008 10:12:44 AMView My AgentSpace
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The bigger you get, the harder the falls become, I guess


Agent63Agent63 - 7/7/2008 2:46:57 PMView My AgentSpace
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You can only cover so much territory when your company expands the way Toyota has. I'm not surprised that their QC has been in jeopardy.

Their nothing like GM though but a few of the GM products aren't half bad it's just how people in today's society perceive it.

Toyota needs a new Supra sports car to revitalize their desirability because they've been making boring cars over the years. Who the heck would want an overweight sluggish Celica? I want the SUPRA back now!


rockerrocker - 7/7/2008 10:31:14 AM
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My favorite saying, "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." Being no. 1 or being at the top can be a bitch. I hate to say it but Honda looks the best positioned of all the auto manufacturers currently selling in the US.

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rockerrocker - 7/7/2008 1:42:58 PM
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My second favorite saying is: "Love hurts when only one's in love." Thank you to Rick Springfield.


EL34EL34 - 7/7/2008 10:43:44 AM
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Oh what a tangled web Toyota weaved, When first they practised to deceive!

:-(

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bestofallcadbestofallcad - 7/8/2008 12:23:17 AM
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Great comment Yes Toyota has decieved the Americans for a long time.

Did you know that Lexus is only sold here in America... fact, because the Lexus cannot compete in forien markets and only The Stupid American's will pay more for a camry, for the name. So yes finily there true colors are finily showing!!!!!!!!!!


thetruth01thetruth01 - 7/7/2008 12:34:02 PM
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M35MTM35MT - 7/7/2008 12:44:20 PMView My AgentSpace
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Demand for trucks is near 50% of what it was last year, so moving workers to the plants that build the hot selling fuel efficient vehicles makes more sense.

Honda never intended to compete significantly with other truck makers when it released the ridgeline - its more of a niche vehicle. Therefore, its decrease in sales has less of an impact vs. a company that relies heavily on truck sales (GM/Ford hurting big time along with Toyota).

Those of you surprised that this is happening, "I guess" you havent been paying attention to the auto industry lately?



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bestofallcadbestofallcad - 7/8/2008 12:28:13 AM
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accuttly all auto sales are down.

And Toyota sales where down almost 25% and GM sales where only down like 17% and just think GM is just coming out with hybrids where Toyota has had them for awhile and toyota sales are much worse than GM.

Maybe there are still some smart Americans out there.


Maverick2020Maverick2020 - 7/7/2008 12:46:11 PM
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Toyota's rise to the top over the past decade is an amazing business story. However, they did it by abandoning its core principals of building bullet-proof, high quality extremely durable vehicles.

Since the US generates 2/3 of Toyota's profit, I'm sure that TMC is very concerned. Now that many of Toyota's top US executives have either left or retired, it's going to be a tough haul over the next few years.

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truckmentruckmen - 7/7/2008 4:01:23 PM
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Toyota started it's mistake by trying to copy the big three, most powerful engine worst on gas biggest... With the gas prices its no wonder that sales are down.Now only people that need trucks will be driving them.

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damikcodamikco - 7/7/2008 7:34:39 PMView My AgentSpace
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A GM toyota merger would be amazing, they are all ready partners trucks arnt selling Tundra or silverado toyota cant build enough priuses and they are low profit Gm struggling to import another small car to make money in the US they can benifit from each other Thier combined market share is tremendus and they both have the largest fan base.

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huu76huu76 - 7/7/2008 11:21:27 PM
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The truck plant slowdown isn't a surprise. I'm sure all the guys getting moved to the Camry plant are bitching as we speak. (guess they'd rather be working for GM).

truckmen,
Unlike the big 3, Toyota has about 6 products it sells well and doesn't rely on just 1 vehicle like the truckguys did.

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