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When Small Cars Don't Sell
Forbes ^
| 11/12/2009
| Jerry Flint
Posted on 11/18/2009 12:24:56 AM PST by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
“The top seller in the American market is still the big Ford f-150 pickup”
You bet your ass it is. (proud F-150 owner)
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:27:58 AM PST
by
Crim
To: bruinbirdman
Yaris is made exclusively in Japan.
Cheapest Toyota + “less than favorable” currency exchange rates...
However, Camry sales are so strong that Toyota took a Subaru plant in Lafayette, Indiana and converted the production line to produce more Toyota Camrys. Japan, Georgetown, KY, and now Indiana.
To: Use as Directed
This is true, and it also proofs the Camry against getting screwed by US currency manipulation.
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:31:55 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:33:27 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Use as Directed
My last two purchases, Altima.
Got a 1986 F-250 6.9 diesel with Banks Turbo to pull toys.
yitbos
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:34:36 AM PST
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: Spktyr
I drove a rental Yaris and would buy one. I would also buy a F-250, Silverado 2500...
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:37:01 AM PST
by
carumba
(The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
To: Spktyr
Not sure what to think of that thread on YarisWorld. Perhaps the customization occurs in Taiwan?
Anyway, any Toyota Yaris destined for the US is built and assembled in Japan. How do I know? The VINs start with "J"
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To: bruinbirdman
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:43:08 AM PST
by
Cobra64
To: F15Eagle
Still beating on my 98’ has over 140,000 miles ,XLT club cab, 4.6 trition V8....not bad on gas at all....but then again...my other car is a 73’ pontiac lemans with a 350ci in it...
My pontiac weighs just more than my f-150...
Both are tanks...urban assault vehicles...
*grin*
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:45:30 AM PST
by
Crim
To: Cobra64
The Peel is the only car you can drive through your office. Jeremy Clarkson did that on Top Gear..
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:47:10 AM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: bruinbirdman
Not a terrible choice. Nissan (usually) closely follows Honda and Toyota with regard to the Altima/Accord/Camry.
However, Nissan's current Sentra is abysmal.
To: bruinbirdman
But it’s racist to buy big cars....what about the planet?
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:49:05 AM PST
by
Dallas59
(No To O -Time is going by really really really really slow.)
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Yeah, but if demand picks up, they’d ship in some from Taiwan.
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:50:28 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Cobra64
All three of my four wheeled vehicles:
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:52:44 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Use as Directed
It’s no worse than some others in the class... but then again, the Sentra has never exactly been brilliant, either.
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:53:24 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
Perhaps.
The research that I have done says that the Toyota Belta (Yaris abroad) is made in Japan and Thailand. Taiwan is mostly known for it's semiconductor fabs and foundries.
To: carumba
The Nissan Versa’s a better car in that class.
As for the trucks... you’d buy a Government Motors vehicle?? (The Silverado?) Traitor.
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:54:08 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Dallas59
Big old cars are better for the environment and Mother Gaia than building a new one. :D
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posted on
11/18/2009 12:55:31 AM PST
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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