Toyota Sales for August down

[ECHOKnight2000]

Here is an article of overall Toyota sales down. Lexus is doing good...but I was surprised to see the Yaris down for the month. With gas prices I'm surprised.
What do you guys think?

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2007/09/04/060895.html


P.S. I hope this is in the right section.:biggrin:

[ChinoCharles]

The million dollar question is did all car sales go down in August or just Toyota? Its all relative.

[Canuck]

I'd say low inventories and the '08s just around the corner.

[BailOut]

Yep - who wants to buy a 2007 model when the 2008 models will be here any day?

[Ferret_san]

Found this link with a quick google.Makes a good reference against GM.
One the whole, still not a bad effort globally.

"Toyota outsold GM for the first six months of this year, with worldwide sales totaling 4.72 million vehicles compared with the 4.67 million sold by General Motors in the same period."

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/20070720/toyota-slips-behind-gm-in-global-sales.htm

Enjoy.


Oh... and this for the Ford fanatics. I'm seeing a trend here...
Toyota 's 2.8 percent sales drop, Ford's 14.4 percent decline and Chrysler's 6.1 percent

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/04/ap4080871.html

[fnkngrv]

Could be too all that BS that Forbes and Consumer Reports is spitting out about how the Yaris is one of the most dangerous vehicles of 2007....just a thought.

[nsmitchell]

It's the Corvair of the new millennium! hehe "Unsafe at any speed" - Ralph Nader

[ToyotaRep]

The reason why there may be lower sales in August is because of the high demands on the Yaris. Toyota can't make them soon enough, especially the sedans. Yaris hatchback is one of the most popular car sold on the Toyota line.

[Ferret_san]

The reason why there may be lower sales in August is because of the high demands on the Yaris. Toyota can't make them soon enough, especially the sedans. Yaris hatchback is one of the most popular car sold on the Toyota line.

And this is the other.. Well here in Oz it is anyhow. The new Corolla hatch is killing the market... including the yaris.

[joe keeney]

Sale down people gets suck in by the junk pedelers. Life time warr. cash back/ o% for 24 months. They got full lots of crap B&B sideshows in full swing. Grab the old lady bring down the baby free lunch at ford/ chevy/cyls/ honda/ the rest. 0 down we make 2 payments. 72 months to pay just put up your john henry.

[derrick452]

Sales were down for everyone as a whole. Part of it had to do with the 08s coming out soon, but here at our toyota store, we still did better for last month than we did this same time last year. Not only can we not keep the Yaris on the lot, but we cant hold onto the Prius either.

[CF-Shane]

Seems that they'd bolster their sales by making more Yaris'. I just got back from the second dealer that said that they didn't even know if they could custom order them since their allotment would be off the lot as quick as it got there.

[WRBlue]

One of the bigger reasons is the housing/mortgage market. People right now are putting off big ticket items, and that is hurting all the car companies - cause cars are big ticket items.

[redyaris]

Name something that ISNT down right now, its tough.

Wait, foreclosures and reposessions are up, WAY up.

[foober]

It looks like sales of everything will drop off this year. Which I'm hoping by next year at this time that toyota will lower their prices or have super great deals. In which I'll buy a new car. Probably another yaris. Great car.

[ECHOKnight2000]

As mentioned before its more than likely cause Toyota can't keep up with Yaris demand. Also the earthquake in Japan a little a while ago affected some or one factory so they had to close it down. So Yarii sales are strong just Toyota is having a hard time meeting them. Which I rather have that then the opposite.:thumbsup:

[Pars]

Within the last week, I had 3 guys come-up to me and ask me about the Yaris. Probably, the low financing incentive on the 07 models are ratteling their chains.

[Sweet Mercury]

Could be too all that BS that Forbes and Consumer Reports is spitting out about how the Yaris is one of the most dangerous vehicles of 2007....just a thought.

I never saw any reports like that? Every review I read said that the Yaris is just as safe as any other Toyota car?

Granted, I'm assuming I'm in some trouble if I'm slammed on the Parkway by an H2 or Suburban, but would that be any different in a Corolla or Camry?

To the OP question, the low sales on the Yaris might have to do with our impossible it is to find them.

[joe keeney]

Fixed rate they have them. People go wow honey look how much more we can get with the upside down rate.