Toyota U.S. sales up 6.1 percent in June; Camry, Prius, Tundra Boost Sales

[ByTheLake]

Originally Posted by saturnsteve

That new Tundra looks really good, I still wouldnt own one.

I agree. I wouldn't buy one but believe that the Tundra styling is ahead of the ultra-conservative GMT-900 pickups from GM.

[guitarlix]

Originally Posted by GM-Joe

Which one is untrue? So if it is untrue, then girl that in the cube next to you is right because she heard they last forever. Autonews.com is not untrue, it is an unbiased news source; probably the best news source out there.

Those 10K engines should be built to last 300,000 miles, not 3,000 miles; that is just poor testing and probably an inferior product.

I think Toyota is aware that engines should be engineered to last 200K+ miles. They've been doing exactly that for decades now. Do you think they intentionally wanted one of their biggest product launches to have a defect at 3k miles?

Toyota had a problem with a supplier. Stuff like that can happen with a new product launch in the first year on a brand new platform. I believe in zero mistakes even in the 1st year, but with product launch cycles getting quicker and quicker, it happens.

[Porkfriedrice]

Originally Posted by GTropic

What do you expect when everywhere you look there is a Toyota ad? You can't turn on the tv, open a magazine or newspaper without seeing Toyota. Maybe GM should try this.

Called marketing. which requires money. Which GM sorely needs. also, I think they didnt even need to put that much cash in, the trucks are well known.

[asim]

Originally Posted by paul8488

And America's love affair with the Camry continues...

Sometimes it is sad to think how Ford blew it with the curvy updated Taurus. The American automakers could be on whole in a better position if Ford kept up and built a Taurus people wanted to buy, and not have it taken over by the Accord, then Camry as the #1 selling car in America. Just imagine if Ford didn't mess up...

[PhishPhood]

Originally Posted by GM-Joe

Which one is untrue? So if it is untrue, then girl that in the cube next to you is right because she heard they last forever. Autonews.com is not untrue, it is an unbiased news source; probably the best news source out there.

Those 10K engines should be built to last 300,000 miles, not 3,000 miles; that is just poor testing and probably an inferior product.

the 40% Mexican content part is false. It takes minimal research to find out the truth. Any trip to any Toyota store will show you that 75% of the content of the Tundra comes from the US and Canada. It's stated on the windows as required by law the same as the Silverado next door or F150 across the street.

Regarding the camshaft issue the first two paragraphs of the USA Today article say it all.

Toyota said Tuesday that it has found in a handful of its much-hyped new Tundra pickups a defect that caused the engines to fail.
Toyota (TM) has reports of camshafts breaking in the 5.7-liter V-8 engines of about 20 Tundras so far. The flaw was due to a manufacturing defect by a subcontractor. All of the engines are being replaced.

A little research shows that it does end up being all of 20 units. What the public has found is that it's a non-issue that's been solved. So they are buying.