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• 通天閣
• 2010/02/12 (Fri) 10:52
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トヨタが公聴会に出頭したくないらしい。
世界のトヨタなんだから、自信を持って出頭して横綱相撲をとって欲しいものです。消費者にとっては、安全な車に乗りたい
だけですから公聴会でトヨタ車がどれ位安全か証明して欲しい。名実ともに世界のトヨタを目指せ。

• come come
• 2010/02/16 (Tue) 16:56
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February 16, 2010
As Toyota Slows Production, Customers Seek Bargains

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123783654

At Precision Toyota in Tucson, Ariz., general manager John Barrera says he doesn't need more incentives because sales this February are stronger than last February.

"They're still coming in," Barrera says. "And most of the customers that are coming in are loyal buyers, repeat buyers."

Ron Marks, a University of Arizona employee, is one of the buyers. He has owned Toyotas since the 1980s. Now he's looking at a 2010 Prius — one of the recalled models. He says he's not worried about safety or quality. "No, I mean cars are cars," Marks says. "Everyone has these problems. I have an Audi and I get a recall notice on the Audi every 18 months. So, no, I'm not concerned."

Cash Incentives, Extended Warranties

Baker is hoping the recalls will make Toyota more willing to deal. This week at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Florida, a Toyota official said the company is considering cash incentives and extended warranties. Those lures would reportedly be aimed at repeat customers. But Rebecca Lindland, an auto industry analyst for IHS Global Insight, says those customers may not be Toyota's problem.

"The people that are the most upset and discontent with the Toyota situation are those people that this is their first Toyota that they've ever bought," Lindland says.

IHS Global Insight is lowering its sales forecast for Toyota. Still, even with its recent problems, Lindland says she'd rather be selling Toyotas. She reminds people that domestic automakers have been struggling for decades, not months.

"Because, of course, those brands that GM and Chrysler owned had really had a terrible 10 years in particular, but they had been on the downward trend anyway," Lindland says.

Seizing Selling Opportunities

Ford and GM are trying to capitalize on Toyota's trouble — offering an extra $1,000 to anyone who trades in a Toyota. But down the block from the Toyota dealership in Tucson, James Newton, the general manager of Holmes Tuttle Ford Lincoln Mercury, says the incentive isn't having much of an effect.

"I think you would assume a lot of people would come in here with Toyotas wanting to get out of them," Newton says. "We haven't seen a lot of that at all."

So far, Toyota's true believers seem to be sticking with their brand. It could take many more missteps to shake that belief. So what did Baker and Hesseldenz decide to buy — their first Toyota, that RAV4, or the Ford Escape? The couple settled on the Toyota. For them, it was a better match.

• 15h11
• 2010/02/17 (Wed) 10:28
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スキャンダル大好きなアメリカ人、今回のトヨタスキャンダルで、ほっとしたのは、ただ1人、タイガーウッズ。
豊田さんもとりあえず、事態収拾の為に、キャピタルヒルに来ればよかったのに。マスコミにおいしいネタあげてどうすんだって感じです。
ゴールドマンのスキャンダルは、ちょっと、話題性に弱く、知的過ぎて、一般人にはわかりづらいので、トヨタスキャンダルのように、面白おかしくかけない。

誰か、間抜けなスキャンダルでも起こさないかぎり、もう少し長引きそうなトヨタスキャンダルですね。かわいそうだけど、人気者の裏返しですね。

アメ車メーカーの自身の向上によって、売上を伸ばさない限り、結局はショートタームでしかなく、ロングランでトヨタには勝てないのにね。こちらもある意味かわいそうなアメ車メーカーのお馬鹿な白人と、キャピタルヒルのお馬鹿議員達。

フォードのプレスが、我々は、競争相手の弱みに付け込むようなビジネスはしない、しかし、チャンスなので、トヨタ車からの乗り換えにキャッシュバックをしている。という、まったく意味の判らないコメントをしてた・・・もう、苦笑いするしかありませんでした。

• /dev/null
• 2010/02/17 (Wed) 12:49
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今度はカローラのパワステだって、朝ラジオで聞いたよ。トヨタを叩くのってアメリカ人の弱さとしか思えない。さらにそれを愛国心と勘違いしてそうだ。

• ふぉおど
• 2010/02/18 (Thu) 09:33
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実際買い換えてる人たちっているんでしょうか。だとしたら、アメ車は故障しにくいと思っているのでしょうか?おせーてください！