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Car Forum / GMC Cars / September 2006Toyota moves to unseat GM, outpace Ford
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/15543603.htm > http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/15543603.htm Quote from the article. TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival General Motors Corp. as the world's biggest automaker and widen its lead over Ford Motor Co. with reported plans to boost overseas production by 40 percent to 5 million vehicles by 2008 and blueprints for higher output in North America. If you think this is "new" you are naive. Toyota has been on this quest for about 40 years or so. They are very patient. > Quote from the article. > TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is quickening its quest to unseat ailing rival [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > If you think this is "new" you are naive. Toyota has been on this quest > for about 40 years or so. They are very patient. Do you think Japan has been on revenge mode since the 2nd World War and that Toyota, among others, serves as a way to inflict to the US a severe blow to its economy? "Bassplayer12" <perettij@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > Do you think Japan has been on revenge mode since the 2nd World War and > that Toyota, among others, serves as a way to inflict to the US a severe > blow to its economy? I don't know if revenge is the right word, but yes, they have become very important economically and continue to grow stronger. China may take away some of their thunder, as will Korea, still running behind. Just look back in history at all the great powers of the world. The US is not invincible, especially as we continue to allow so much of our manufacturing to go overseas and foreign investors to own so much property and so many of our important businesses. Oil, supermarkets, real estate is going to be controlled from overseas. What happened to the Turkish, Roman, Great Britain empires? "Bassplayer12" <perettij@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:GUUPg.22910$9u.275018@ursa- > Do you think Japan has been on revenge mode since the 2nd World War and that > Toyota, among others, serves as a way to inflict to the US a severe blow to > its economy? I think they the Japanese are every bit as clever and ambitious (perhaps greedy will fit in this slot as well) as American industrialists. I dont think they particularly want to destroy our economy, for to do so would be to destroy the largest consumer market in the world. They dont, however, want a piece of the pie...they want the most of the pie. > http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/15543603.htm Unfortunately for GM, Ford and Chrysler all Toyota has to do is more of the same. |
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