Re: Japan Stakes Claim in Heart of Truck Country

MikeHunt2 · 2004-04-19T01:22:52+00:00

Time for a reality check. Indeed Toyota was number one in carsales but not anymore, GM is number one in car sales. Accordingto 'Automotive News' GM's car numbers are up 16.5% and Toyota isdown 5.3%. Even though there are far more car models offered inthe US, the number of trucks sold in the US far exceeds carsales. The Ford F150 is by far the single largest selling vehiclein the US about twice as many as the number one car Camry and hasbeen for nearly 27 years. GM however sells more trucks than Fordbut in more brand names.The Titan truck is not selling nearly as well as the modestnumbers predicted. If the Titan is taking truck sales fromanyone it is taking them from the Tundra not the F150. F150sales have been up every month since it hit the market. Even updouble digits in some months. The 'F' Series alone sells morevehicles than ALL of Toyota/Lexus vehicles combined. Toyota isstill ahead of Ford in car sales but only by about 10,000vehicles and Ford has three new cars coming to market in a fewmonths and Toyota has none. Keep tuned.mike huntjoe_g wrote: