Toyota's US sales may fall for second year: executive

Japan's Toyota Motor, in a close race with General Motors for the title of the world's top automaker, may suffer a decline in US sales for a second straight year, a top executive warned on Tuesday.

The Japanese auto giant has previously said it aims to exceed last year's US sales of 2.62 million vehicles in 2008.

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silver1 - 6/24/2008 9:34:50 PM

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This is not good....If Toyota goes down so does everybody else. Toyota is like the God Father of the Auto Industry.

Agent63 - 6/24/2008 10:03:31 PM

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Not everybody goes down. Just maybe buyers are looking at Honda's more exciting styling than Toyota's boring and old man looks.

It is vital in an econo-company to make something exciting so it attracts the masses out there. Toyota no longer has a small sports car whereas Honda has the Civic Si(here in Canada) and SiR in the US.

silver1 - 6/24/2008 11:00:13 PM

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You mean not everybody likes Honda old man boring looks, because to my understanding It's Toyota Camry thats the #1 selling car in America for the last decade and it's Toyota Corolla thats the #1 selling car in the world for how don't know how many decades.....Toyota Vehicles outsells Honda 10 to None....It's not even a comparison.

hao420 - 6/25/2008 12:39:36 AM

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Same as i m thinking....<

Agent63 - 6/25/2008 7:29:26 AM

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I never doubted the Camry or the Corolla being great sellers but perhaps..just perhaps the buyers are looking at other eco rands as options.

Wow don't get so offended TOYOTA FANBOY. Christ

t_sotello - 6/24/2008 11:35:40 PM

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well from what i know there are a lot more dumb people in this world than smart so maybe that is why toyota had the potential to be number one. hopefully now people are becoming smarter and realizing that toyota is not that great after all. toyota is just hype over nothing.

F1_Driver - 6/25/2008 12:18:45 AM

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What hype might that be? Toyota builds relatively reliable, quality vehicles that gets one from point a to point b without any fuss. Isn't that what basic transportation is all about?

M53R - 6/26/2008 7:35:20 AM

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...that do the same, in style, better performance, and higher quality.

Bored - 6/25/2008 8:39:02 AM

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Toyota fanboys: stop your whining, you pansies! It's not the end of the world.
Toyota is still doing better than Detroit's "Big 3" right now, so why complain if someone has a comment that differs from your beliefs?
Hell, I doubt MichaelTaylor will have his panties in a bunch over this.

M53R - 6/26/2008 7:36:19 AM

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Did you ever make a comment without somehow including BMW?

agent507 - 6/27/2008 2:44:32 AM

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huu76: You are such a poor freak my man, go and get a life, instead of bashing BMW. There is a world out there that can be fun, trust me. Don´t waste your life on the internet, trying to make one of the best carmarkers look bad.