February 2008 Sales: Toyota (down 3%)

[lio45]

Originally Posted by Stéphane Dumas

what about Acura?

"The Acura Division posted total vehicle sales of 13,084 units, down 8.0 percent."

(from the above corporate.honda.com link)

[silvergoat2k6]

Originally Posted by Realist

Whether we like it or hate it, Camry sales look unstoppable even in this tough market right now.

Just did some quick math...looks like the Camry outsold the Malibu, G6, and Aura COMBINED for February. That's not good.

[Bolex]

Originally Posted by Ultimate1

We are not in a recession, didn't you hear bush is coming out plans to keep the country from going into a recession. So we must not be in recession yet, despite foreclosure problem, slowing economy, and weak dollar. For a non recession, a lot of people I know are feeling it.

LOL that was good

[Stéphane Dumas]

I spotted this link about fleet sales of Toyota, Honda and Nissan on Allpar forums
http://fleet-ingthoughts.blogspot.co...12/vol_19.html

[ZvetteGuy]

Wow... I hope that the Camaro can survive a recession... I would love to see the Camaro as a mainstay vehicle in Chevrolet's lineup but the future looks bleak with all the automakers posting declines in sales (save a few automakers here and there)...

GM needs to pull through all this... Toyota... I could care less... but, GM... we cannot lose this battle!!!

GO GM!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....

[JKriegs]

Originally Posted by Hunid Racks

Toyota must be trying to win some award from Motor Trend. Heck it worked with the Tundra.

All Toyota has to do is spend some more advertising $$$$ with Motor Trend, and *viola*, a truck of the year award in 2008, even though it's the same POS that lost to the Silverado in 2007. Imagine that.BTW, you spelled the toyota truck name wrong...its spelled: T U R D R A. Just thought I would clear that up!

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by ponchoman49

It blows my mind how the Camry and Prius are up in sales, especially with the Camry on the not recommended list of CR. My two local Toyota dealers still have rows of brand new leftover 2007 Camrys with 2009's arriving in a few weeks.

CR recommends the 4-cylinder Camry, just not the V6, due to reliability problems in the V6. I think there was a specific transmission problem in the first batch of 2008 V6 Camrys which, in theory, has been fixed.

The Prius's sales were actually down in February by 14.5%, although up year to date. It's starting to show it's age, believe it or not (it hasn't been updated significantly since MY 2004).

[Geotpf]

Originally Posted by Hunid Racks

BTW

Anybody else notice how dismal Scion "sales" are?

Rumor is, the brand dies soon.

They screwed up the xB redesign, made it too big and bloated. The market for small hatchbacks like the outgoing xA and new xD in the United States is very small, and the number of players in the market (Scion xD, Nissan Versa, Honda Fit, Chevy Aveo, Saturn Astra, etc.) is high. And the tC is aging and needs a redesign pronto. They spent a lot of money on establishing the brand, and it was doing fine until the 2006 MY. I seriously doubt they kill it.

[FordMan]

I guess the new Sequoia didn't take root much.

[bobby26]

Originally Posted by JKriegs

All Toyota has to do is spend some more advertising $$$$ with Motor Trend, and *viola*, a truck of the year award in 2008, even though it's the same POS that lost to the Silverado in 2007. Imagine that.BTW, you spelled the toyota truck name wrong...its spelled: T U R D R A. Just thought I would clear that up!

The tundra was not eligible for the 2007 award.