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Banzai! - Toyota's best month yet

Detroit Free Press

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Toyota?s U.S. sales rose 14% to 269,023 vehicles in May compared to the same month last year for an all-time monthly sales record.

The increase was driven by both fuel-efficient cars and the new Tundra full-size truck, launched in February. Sales of the Camry, the best- selling car in the United States, increased 16% to 50,126. The Prius, the best-selling hybrid in the United States, was up 196% to 24,099. The new Tundra pickup more than doubled the sales figures of its predecessor with May sales of 17,727.

..Toyota Motor Sales executive vice president Jim Lentz: ?Despite the industry?s shift toward passenger cars, Toyota?s all-new Tundra hit an all-time high in May. As for hybrids, the market?s appetite continues unabated, with Prius also establishing an all-time record.?

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Rising Sun
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Quit Trolling George. Abuse complaints to GigaNews will not go un-answered.

Reply to
80 Knight

That article should have said all time high, for the Tundra. GM and Ford sell more trucks in a month than Toyota will sell in a year. Toyota truck sales in 2006 were a measly 5% of the market. GM was 33% Ford 32% LOL

mike

Reply to
Mike Hunter

You're right Mike. When you're starting at zero (no sales)... and then you start selling, all of a sudden you can report radical jumps in sales.

Let's see how they're doing a year or two from now.

I hope I'm not wrong, but I can't imagine trade people working on Union jobs driving ToJo Pickups.

willy

Reply to
Willy

You probably never expected Volvo heavy trucks either, did you?

What do you expect someone to do when they are handed the keys to a Toyota on the job? Did they balk at being issued a Ranger/Mazda for light duty?

Mike is old, he will probably be able to weasel around "Ford still outsells Toyota in ..." until he dies. Toyota is overtaking each of the benchmarks.

Retreating to only the heaviest trucks fr sales comparisons is like Mercedes moving further upscale when Lexus started encroaching on their turf.

Reply to
dold

I finally saw a new Tundra in the parking lot at work today - complete with the hard bed cover, 20 inch chrome wheels, and a bug deflector -a real hard core work truck. Just another poser. Toyota should do well in this market.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

I think it is called " giving the customer what they want "

If the Detroit 3 ( can't call them the Big 3 anymore) did that, then they would be profitable now.

Sucks to be playing catch up.......

Reply to
Jonas Grumby

Why's that?

My ToJo Tacoma is built in Fremont, California, by UAW represented people.

Reply to
B A R R Y

GM, Ford and Dodge would NEVER offer such a thing!

Oh, the humanity of it!

Reply to
B A R R Y

I agree. Toyota is trying really hard to catch up to the big three in trucks. And for the poser truck owner the new Tundra is probably just fine.

I don't understand one thing - when Ford and GM build big SUVs and trucks that Customers want, they were criticized for selling large planet destroying vehicles. When Toyota builds an over sized cartoon truck, they are praised for " giving the customer what they want." If you leave out the hybrids (which I find interesting), the rest of the US Toyota product line is headed down the same road to excess that people criticize the big 2.5 for. Camry - latest model larger, Scion xB - new model to be much larger, RAV4 - latest model much larger, Highlander - new model to be much larger, Tacoma - current version much larger, Tundra - new model ridiculously large, Sequoia, new model to be much larger. Toyota quality - down, most recalls in 2005 and

2006 of any manufacturer. Why are they getting a free pass for heading down exactly the same road as Ford and GM? Seems to me that Toyota is doing a damn good job of catching up - in the wrong direction.

Ed

Reply to
C. E. White

"I don't understand one thing....."

Ed, I'm thinking that there might be more than " one thing " you don't understand.....

Reply to
Jonas Grumby

GM, Ford and Dodge have been building trucks that good and better for years. When Toyota says Tundra is changing everything they are referring to the Tundra catching up to the industry. The problem the Tundra has, is like their cars, they are overprice compared to the others ;)

mike

Reply to
Mike Hunter

What's that? Does he not know that GM, Ford and Dodge sell more trucks in a few month than Toyota does in a year? ;)

mike

Reply to
Mike Hunter

I'm guessing you mean " overpriced ". If they truly are overpriced then the marketplace will force them to correct or they will go out of business. Very similar to the trouble that the Detroit 3 find themselves in today ;)

People must find better value in Toyotas ( I know I do ) than some of the other brands. That is why they are so popular.

Reply to
Jonas Grumby

Why ever said Toyota buyers were astute buyers? What was it Barnum said about one being born every minute? LOL

mike

Reply to
Mike Hunter

You are, once again, and as usual wrong....... proof of that can be found at

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So much of what you know, is just not so...... LOL

Reply to
Jonas Grumby

In other words, you can't answer Ed's question, so you result to an insult.

Reply to
80 Knight

Why do so many of you Toyota-Nuts have to bitch so much about spelling? Try having a good conversation, as opposed to worrying that someone misspelled a word or two.

Reply to
80 Knight

See that, Ed?

Even Mike says hard bed covers, 20" chrome wheels, and bug deflectors make a great truck!

Reply to
B A R R Y

No complaints with the car.

Reply to
B A R R Y

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