No, one big difference.. Toyota ain't going broke and ain't taking money
from the government.

And Ford can't hold Toyota's jockstrap.

tim in san jose

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Ron Tipton <uther@dragonhome.org> wrote:

>
> On Jul 28, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
>
>  What makes you think American jobs are not dependent upon the health of
>> Nissan Toyota,, BMW and the like?
>>
>> At least they are well run automobile manufacturing companies and they
>> provide many jobs for American workers. Who would you rather work for?
>> Chevy
>> or Toyota?
>>
>> I still think the government should have sold GM to Toyota. Then they
>> might
>> have had a chance. The new GM  looks a lot like the old GM doesn't it?
>>
>
> not to make too fine a point of it but toyota is doing more or less the
> same as gm and
> a lot worse than ford.  here are year to date sales change for 2009 till
> the end of june:
>
> General Motors Corp. -33.2
> Ford Motor Company -11.2
> Chrysler LLC -41.9
>
> Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. -31.9
> American Honda Motor Co Inc. -35.5
> Nissan North America Inc. -33.4
>
> so chrysler is doing the worst with toyota, honda, nissan and gm all about
> the same as
> next-to-the-worst and ford doing by far the best.  (for the major sellers
> in the us of a).
>
>
> I remain, as always
> YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,
>
> r
>
>

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