MSNBC: As Toyota tips, VW steers for the top
11-10-09, 11:25 AM
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11-10-09, 11:37 AM
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11-10-09, 03:26 PM
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70% of VWs sold are cheap, small sub compacts and compacts. They have SEAT, they have Skoda and Audi's product line has expanded to include the A5 etc and variants of the A3. With the global recession, that is the right product mix to have now. Toyota has invested heavily in SUVs and trucks as we are aware and their popularity has wanted.
11-10-09, 10:14 PM
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70% of VWs sold are cheap, small sub compacts and compacts. They have SEAT, they have Skoda and Audi's product line has expanded to include the A5 etc and variants of the A3. With the global recession, that is the right product mix to have now. Toyota has invested heavily in SUVs and trucks as we are aware and their popularity has wanted.
VW are most expensive vehicles in their classes in Europe, very much like Toyota in USA.
In fact, VW is basically european Toyota when it comes to perception in Europe..
11-11-09, 05:04 AM
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ah, small but important piece of info:
So Toyota leads in sales by almost 1 million, they just adjusted their inventory by lowering production in Q1.
From January to September this year, Toyota recorded 5.65 million sales globally, while Volkswagen posted 4.76 million sales.
11-11-09, 10:56 AM
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VW-Porsche Overtakes Toyota as World # 1 Car manufacturer
VW-Porsche has overtaken Toyota as the world's largest automaker, but the stay at the number one spot may be very temporary.
Volkswagen Group, having merged with Porsche, has had an output this year of 4.4 million units, while Toyota has produced 4 million vehicles since January 2009.
According to auto industry analysts IHS Global Insight, Volkswagen benefited from programs in Germany, the UK and China meant to spur car sales, while Toyota put the brakes on heavily during the automotive crisis that hit the industry late last year and early in 2009 and cut production substantially, slashing it almost in half from 2.1 million units to 1.1 million.
But Toyota is likely not about to cede its title for too long. After the collapse of GM, Toyota became the world's largest automaker, producing 9.24 million units in 2008. It is expected to only make about 7 million for 2009. But the Japanese automaker has a production capacity to manufacture about 10 million vehicles a year, far more than VW-Porsche. It is quite likely that once the crisis has passed, Toyota will once again be number one.
source : http://www.worldcarfans.com/10911102...o-1-auto-maker
Volkswagen Group, having merged with Porsche, has had an output this year of 4.4 million units, while Toyota has produced 4 million vehicles since January 2009.
According to auto industry analysts IHS Global Insight, Volkswagen benefited from programs in Germany, the UK and China meant to spur car sales, while Toyota put the brakes on heavily during the automotive crisis that hit the industry late last year and early in 2009 and cut production substantially, slashing it almost in half from 2.1 million units to 1.1 million.
But Toyota is likely not about to cede its title for too long. After the collapse of GM, Toyota became the world's largest automaker, producing 9.24 million units in 2008. It is expected to only make about 7 million for 2009. But the Japanese automaker has a production capacity to manufacture about 10 million vehicles a year, far more than VW-Porsche. It is quite likely that once the crisis has passed, Toyota will once again be number one.
source : http://www.worldcarfans.com/10911102...o-1-auto-maker
11-11-09, 11:05 AM
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Lexus Europe disagrees with this though?
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In any case, it's just for bragging rights of a sort...
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Originally Posted by Lexus Europe
Some media are incorrectly reporting that VW has surpassed Toyota for the period Jan-Sep 09. The reported # for Toyota is wrong
2:47 AM Nov 10th from Seesmic
If you compare Jan-Sept 2009 production figures, Toyota is ahead by 577k units. Toyota produced 4,937k vehicles to VW's 4,361k
2:48 AM Nov 10th from Seesmic
2:47 AM Nov 10th from Seesmic
If you compare Jan-Sept 2009 production figures, Toyota is ahead by 577k units. Toyota produced 4,937k vehicles to VW's 4,361k
2:48 AM Nov 10th from Seesmic
11-11-09, 11:28 AM
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Surprised if in-fact VW did achieve this that quick, but let's wait until final ANNUAL sales and production figures.
It's silly for VW to arbitrarily (or the media for that matter) proclaim they are suddenly the world's #1 auto maker based on one month. The media must have nothing else to report these days
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It's silly for VW to arbitrarily (or the media for that matter) proclaim they are suddenly the world's #1 auto maker based on one month. The media must have nothing else to report these days
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11-11-09, 11:34 AM
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Surprised if in-fact VW did achieve this that quick, but let's wait until final ANNUAL sales and production figures.
It's silly for VW to arbitrarily (or the media for that matter) proclaim they are suddenly the world's #1 auto maker based on one month. The media must have nothing else to report these days.
It's silly for VW to arbitrarily (or the media for that matter) proclaim they are suddenly the world's #1 auto maker based on one month. The media must have nothing else to report these days
.
11-11-09, 04:18 PM
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Pole Position
Volkswagen Steals Toyota's Crown as World's Largest Automaker
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...est-automaker/
The people want an empire, apparently, with that unassuming little black VW bug at the head of it.
The U.K.’s Guardian explains, "Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe." VW has "produced 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, outstripping its Japanese rival which has seen four million cars roll off production lines since January."
The people want an empire, apparently, with that unassuming little black VW bug at the head of it.
The U.K.’s Guardian explains, "Volkswagen-Porsche has overtaken Toyota to become the world's largest car manufacturer as the German group benefits from state-backed stimulus packages around the globe." VW has "produced 4.4 million vehicles so far this year, outstripping its Japanese rival which has seen four million cars roll off production lines since January."