Chevrolet Brand behind Ford and.....Toyota(!) in sales
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Chevrolet Brand behind Ford and.....Toyota(!) in sales
Add this to the "Believe It or Not" file:
http://www.bonforums.com/sales/sales...ysis090302.htm
GM's best selling car is still the Cavalier (#3 overall), GrandAm (#5).
Keep in mind the list also includes each BRAND's best selling car, so there are no figures for Impalas, Mustangs, or any other car other than the brand's best seller.
http://www.bonforums.com/sales/sales...ysis090302.htm
GM's best selling car is still the Cavalier (#3 overall), GrandAm (#5).
Keep in mind the list also includes each BRAND's best selling car, so there are no figures for Impalas, Mustangs, or any other car other than the brand's best seller.
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Profit is the bottom line... TRUCKS are high profit... and that is where GM leads. GM is the lowest-cost producer of the big three and is the most profitable.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BigDarknFast:
Profit is the bottom line... TRUCKS are high profit... and that is where GM leads. GM is the lowest-cost producer of the big three and is the most profitable.</font>
Profit is the bottom line... TRUCKS are high profit... and that is where GM leads. GM is the lowest-cost producer of the big three and is the most profitable.</font>
Scary thought - Toyota doesn't depend on Fleet sales to meet those numbers! Actual people buy most of those cars! Often, without incentives! (consider that over 50% of Malibu sales are to fleets). They have also managed to convince growing numbers of people that a Toyota made in Kentucky(?) is an American Car! The high profit from trucks is disappearing with market saturation and increased competition. The big 3 are all scared ****less right now because the profits are gradually eroding for trucks and they are getting creamed in the car market - on the low end by the Koreans, in the middle by the Japanese and the high end by the Germans. Big 3 market share is at an all time low. Now they are talking about how they are giving "CARS" their number one priority (great, seeing as they ignored them for the last 10 years. ). They've got their work cut out for them. The Toyota juggernaut will not be easily stopped - and they make great trucks. I think the car market is going to be a bloodbath in a few years. As the largest automaker, GM has the muscle, it has the know how - and maybe now the GUTS (or is it LUTZ) to play the game - but will it?
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[This message has been edited by WERM (edited September 03, 2002).]
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by BigDarknFast:
Profit is the bottom line... TRUCKS are high profit... and that is where GM leads. GM is the lowest-cost producer of the big three and is the most profitable.
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Profit is the bottom line... TRUCKS are high profit... and that is where GM leads. GM is the lowest-cost producer of the big three and is the most profitable.
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#8
Just imagine how much better off GM would have been if they hadn't neglected their small car for so long.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by redzed:
I agree with BigDarknFast, passenger cars are irrelevant in the current equation. Moreover, if the CAFE standards were repealed you would see the loss leading Cavalier disappear in a flash - they lose $2,000 per car!.....
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I agree with BigDarknFast, passenger cars are irrelevant in the current equation. Moreover, if the CAFE standards were repealed you would see the loss leading Cavalier disappear in a flash - they lose $2,000 per car!.....
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by WERM:
Scary thought - Toyota doesn't depend on Fleet sales to meet those numbers!</font>
Scary thought - Toyota doesn't depend on Fleet sales to meet those numbers!</font>
#11
I take everything from that tabloid BON with a grain of salt, but the numbers seem about right.
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#12
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by redzed:
I agree with BigDarknFast, passenger cars are irrelevant in the current equation. Moreover, if the CAFE standards were repealed you would see the loss leading Cavalier disappear in a flash - they lose $2,000 per car! From the point of view of profits, only trucks and SUVs really matter.
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I agree with BigDarknFast, passenger cars are irrelevant in the current equation. Moreover, if the CAFE standards were repealed you would see the loss leading Cavalier disappear in a flash - they lose $2,000 per car! From the point of view of profits, only trucks and SUVs really matter.
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The penalty for not meeting CAFE can't be that high
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Just to clarify guys, I do not believe passenger cars are irrelevant for making profit... it's just that there is logic in GM's emphasis on trucks and SUV's, since they are typically higher profit vehicles than cars. Plus GM has historically had difficulty competing with import brands which excel at low-cost production of high quality passenger cars, like Toyota and Honda. However I believe that is slowly changing. This will especially be true for large cars and muscle/sporty cars.
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