Ladies and Gentlemen, the long awaited Toyota meltdown may have begun !

[HVM]

Originally Posted by AMERICA 123

Toyota Group market share - down to 4.8from a high of 6.0%

Some kind of creative work with numbers on your side. They are down to 5.3% from 6.0% YTD and to 4.8% from 5.4% month to month.

[2002 Caddy]

Originally Posted by Stéphane Dumas

Also, notice the stock value of Toyota's stocks



If it still continue to drops, I wonder.....

You guys like throwing salt in my wound don't ya...

During the same period when Toyota loses ~15% GM went from ~$25 a share to $10.

Am I happy that Toyota lost 15%? Sure...
Would I be happier if GM hadn't lost 60% during the same time... Yup.

When Toyota is trading in the $40's a share...THAT'S when we should all be doing the

[jry]

Originally Posted by HoosierRon

Chrysler LLC is a privately held company.

We know. Please elaborate.
For what its worth, i think "the new Chrysler" will be ok. One reason is that they do not have to worry about those pesky shareholders. They can just work their business without the pressures of wall street.

[PAULSTS1]

Originally Posted by I-Love-Pontiac

America is more in love with Toyota now than they ever have been. Their slowing sales trend is just a result of a weakening economy.

I agree! What other car companies die for American business? Toyota also has the bank account to whether through some rough months. And they don't wait until a product is outdated or dead, to introduce a new one.

I am not concerned about Toyota from a business vantage, it will do just fine.

[AMERICA 123]

Originally Posted by HVM

Some kind of creative work with numbers on your side. They are down to 5.3% from 6.0% YTD and to 4.8% from 5.4% month to month.

No, not really - you either read and or assumed incorrectly - Toyota's peak reported European monthly market share was 6.0% - they've been falling apart over there for a while now.

There is the 5.3/6.0 - different set of numbers - Toyota group YTD




TOYOTA Group.....4.8.....5.4..... 68,961..... 84,070..... -18.0..... 5.3...... 6.0..... 444,822......... 507,471........ -12.3
TOYOTA.............. 4.7.... 5.2..... 66,478..... 80,733..... -17.7..... 5.1...... 5.7..... 428,666......... 486,220........ -11.8
Lexus..................0.2.... 0.2...... 2,483........ 3,337..... -25.6.... 0..........0.2.........16,156............21,251... ......-24.0

I did refer to Lexus's YTD - for a variety of reasons - not the least of which is their market share number is both inaccurate and meaningless anyway.