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How funny is this. Right now you can buy a new Dodge Caravan for the price of a Corolla.

A minivan for the price of a compact car....

Everybody's lowering prices to rock bottom, but not Toyota. Toyota knows people will pay for quality.

Really? According to 'Automotive News' Toyota has a 80 day supply of leftover 2005 models, longer than do any of the domestics which average less than a 50 day supply of leftover 2005s. Toyota currently is advertising higher rebates on its 2006 cars than some domestics. The rebate on some of Toyotas 2006 cars is $750 while many domestic 2006 cars models have no rebates. Apparently Toyota thinks price IS important.

mike hunt

Hachiroku, would you happen to know the answer to this question?

For those wonderful Aichi machines on my dealer's lot that were made in Japan, the parts content shows

80 percent USA/Canada parts and 20 percent Japan parts. But the engine and tranz both show the origin as Japan.

Are the engine and transmission counted as a single part each; how does that work?

Plus, since their origin is Japan, does that mean the engine and tranz are composed of Japanese parts exclusively, or perhaps they too contain some parts from North America?

Thanks a zillion! Your knowledge is vast.

Dunno 'bout that now, I asked him a question last week and he didn't know the answer, so perhaps his knowledge is only half-vast?... :)

Hachiroku, an internet sales manager 100 miles away from me in Saint Louis, emailed me this message about their Japan Camry availability:

"It seems as though the [Gray] Camry is the only Japanese Camry we are going to get until next year. My Manager said imported Camrys usually come only at the *END OF THE YEAR*. This has to do with the way production, and allocation are set-up." [End of Quote]

Interesting that your few Aichi Camrys arrived at the dealership during the SUMMER, yet the Saint Louis dealer says they usually only get'em at YEAR END.

This is important to me, since if ordinarily Aichi Camrys only come at Year-End, I better buy one fast, instead of wating for the Silver Japan Camry I'm looking for. But I'm not crazy about the Gray Japan Camry they have.