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Who will be the No.1 in 2006, GM or Toyota?

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by ken1784, Oct 26, 2006.

  1. ken1784

    ken1784 SuperMID designer

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    Hello all,

    Who will be the No.1 vehicle manufacturer about global sales numbers in 2006, GM or Toyota?

    There are numbers until the third quarter this year.
    My guess is...
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GM
       2005   2006   2006/2005 percent
  Q1  2,107  2,200    104.4%
  Q2  2,601  2,400     92.3%
  Q3  2,362  2,296     97.2%
  Q4  2,100 (2,057)   (98.0%) <- my guess
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total 9,170 (8,953)           <- my guess

TOYOTA
       2005   2006   2006/2005 percent
  Q1  2,082  2,306    110.8%
  Q2  2,054  2,214    107.8%
  Q3  1,989  2,182    109.7%
  Q4  2,108 (2,307)  (109.4%) <- my guess
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total 8,233 (9,009)           <- my guess
    Toyota will win!

    Ken@Japan
     
    #1 ken1784, Oct 26, 2006
  2. TonyPSchaefer

    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
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    Wow. I had no idea the numbers were there already.
    I expected a close race by the end of 2007, not 2006.
     
    #2 TonyPSchaefer, Oct 26, 2006
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    Hi Tony,

    Agree for sure in 2007.
    Hope Toyota wins this year. :)

    Ken@Japan
     
    #3 ken1784, Oct 26, 2006
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    GM!!!

    Oh, wait, I thought this was #1 in recalls.

    Sorry.
     
    #4 Pinto Girl, Oct 26, 2006
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    Hi all,
    I'm not a paid subscribers at http://www.autonews.com/ , but their headline says...

    Toyota, by an iota, tops GM in '06 sales
    It's official: Toyota is the largest automaker in the world, edging out General Motors by a few microvans. In 2006, Toyota sold 8,808,000 vehicles, and GM sold 8,679,860, ending GM's reign as No. 1.
    Published: 06/11/07

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19187940/

    Ken@Japan
     
    #5 ken1784, Jun 13, 2007
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    JimN Let the games begin!

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ken1784 @ Jun 13 2007, 03:00 AM) [snapback]460704[/snapback]</div>
    My only objection to the article is attributing Toyota's lead to "a technicallity". Imagine that for a sale to be counted you have to own more than half the company. If this weren't the case, GM could buy 1% of Toyota's outstanding stock and double their sales.
     
    #6 JimN, Jun 13, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pinto Girl @ Oct 26 2006, 04:26 PM) [snapback]338837[/snapback]</div>

    Actually, it was my impression that Toyota recalled more vehicles in 2006 than it built.
     
    #7 jonathanrohr, Jun 14, 2007
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    When you chart the sales trends over the last few years, it's pretty much a no brainer. Toyota sales going up and GM's are on the way down ... factories of GM being close here in the U.S. while Toyota continues to build factories here. Next question please
     
    #8 hill, Jun 25, 2007
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