Toyota sold 136,046 vehicles in the U.S. in October, down 4.3% when adjusted for 26 selling days vs. year-ago’s 27.
“You can see I’m having a little bit of crow for lunch,” Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager-Toyota Div., tells the media in a conference call. He earlier predicted Toyota would be above year-ago in October, both adjusted and unadjusted.
“On a retail basis, we were very close to year-ago,” he says. “When we spoke last month, I knew it was going to be a heroic effort to pass October. Nevertheless, that was our plan.”
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