Re: VW's greatest fear isn't Toyota, it's Hyundai

Toyota is more worried about Hyundai in other markets around the world where it must compete. Don't forget vehicle pricing is market bases and the lower costs in Korea gives the Korean manufactures a big advantage. As to VW, the cost of building in the socialists countries is much high than in the US or Japan. They way the current administration is building unsustainable debt will make build costs for all industries in the US to skyrocket over the next ten years.

INSIDE EUROPE BLOG > Paul McVeigh, Automotive News Europe > > PAUL MCVEIGH > > Volkswagen is just as concerned about what's in its rear-view mirror as > what > is ahead in its quest to become the world's biggest automaker. The German > giant, which aims to topple Toyota from its No. 1 spot, sees Korea's > Hyundai-Kia group as a bigger rival than the struggling Japanese > company."I > have the most respect for Hyundai," VW CEO Martin Winterkorn told the > German > news magazine Focus, naming Hyundai's improved quality and the weakness of > the Korean currency as reasons why Hyundai is on his mind. "Hyundai has > now > learned how to build good cars," added Winterkorn.His comments didn't > surprise industry watchers."He's right," said Stefan Bratzel, who heads an > automotive research center at the Bergisch Gladbach University of Applied > Sciences in Germany. "Hyundai has enjoyed enormous growth in sales and > profitability in recent years. Toyota should not be forgotten but Hyundai > is > a very serious rival."Bratzel said Hyundai is strong in Asia, especially > in > India where it is the No. 2 automaker after Suzuki with a 16 percent > market > share, and in China, where the Korean company is enjoying fast growth.IHS > Automotive auto analyst Ian Fletcher said Hyundai and Kia can now match > Japanese automakers for quality. "They are not just building cheap cars. > They are building cheap, good cars," he said.Hyundai has boosted sales in > North America with innovative sales methods, Fletcher said, and its new > Sonata sedan is doing well in the United States against Toyota's Camry and > Honda's Accord.In Europe, the Korean automaker benefited enormously from > government scrappage incentives, which many consumers used to buy cheap, > small cars such as the Hyundai i10."The only thing that lets them down is > their brand image. Hyundai is not yet established as a respectable brand," > Fletcher said.Respectability could become less of a problem for Hyundai > following Winterkorn's comments. > > >
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Mike Hunter
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As we move more and more to a service economy more manufacturing will be "offshore" and not in the U.S. It's unfortunate that the "current" administration is responsible for all this debt, but that is a topic best left to another group.

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jp103 wrote in news:i1lgg9$6t2$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

Then why did you post it here?

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Tegger

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jp103

Offering a service, maybe?

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Stewart

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