Which vehicles were studs or duds for 2005?

One thing becomes clear in any appraisal of the past year's automotive offerings: any U.S., European and Asian carmaker can make great cars as well as dogs.

Obviously vehicles have to be profitable. But even those that aren't home runs can be important for what they say about the companies that build them, as well as what they portend for the market.

First on this list of hits and misses is Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius, with its gas-electric hybrid engine, which offers superior fuel efficiency, especially in city driving. This is a car whose strong sales and media acclaim are driving the rest of the auto industry nuts. Executives at competing automakers insisted Toyota's technology made no sense; now they are rushing to catch up because customers love hybrids.

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JUGNUJUGNU - 12/23/2005 3:55:47 PM
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All carmakers which gave great coustomer satisfacton/happiness and had great profits all the years are the stud,and the others r simple duds.

Want me to give full report on that and explain word by word or u simply understood my statement??????

After all Car Industry is a Business....



JUGNUJUGNU - 12/23/2005 3:55:47 PM
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All carmakers which gave great coustomer satisfacton/happiness and had great profits all the years are the stud,and the others r simple duds.

Want me to give full report on that and explain word by word or u simply understood my statement??????

After all Car Industry is a Business....



phantom330phantom330 - 12/23/2005 4:52:47 PM
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I'll take a full report because I have no clue what you are trying to convey in that post :)


DiamondJimDiamondJim - 12/23/2005 7:42:50 PM
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muhahaha


Homer008Homer008 - 12/27/2005 1:50:01 AM
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In terms of Net Profit, vW is definetely a DUD.
Net profit from VW in 2000 were 5.5 billion bucks compare to only 500 million bucks in 2005! Net profit forecast for 2006 is even smaller!
*Verification on DECEMBER issue of Business week.

Overall the Stud for 2005 are:

Hyunday/Kia
Lexus/Toyota/Scion
Infiniti/Nissan
Honda/Acura

Overall Duds for 2005 are:
Mercedes Benz/Chrysler
BMW
VW/Audi/Lambo etc etc....
Ford
GM/SAAB/ etc etc...





Homer008Homer008 - 12/27/2005 1:50:01 AM
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In terms of Net Profit, vW is definetely a DUD.
Net profit from VW in 2000 were 5.5 billion bucks compare to only 500 million bucks in 2005! Net profit forecast for 2006 is even smaller!
*Verification on DECEMBER issue of Business week.

Overall the Stud for 2005 are:

Hyunday/Kia
Lexus/Toyota/Scion
Infiniti/Nissan
Honda/Acura

Overall Duds for 2005 are:
Mercedes Benz/Chrysler
BMW
VW/Audi/Lambo etc etc....
Ford
GM/SAAB/ etc etc...





Homer008Homer008 - 12/30/2005 3:06:19 AM
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December issue of the business week all just a lie? I'm telling you what I've read whether you like it or not. And if you want, I'll even give you the page number of the article. Eitherway, nice bashing on Hybrid batteries..very interesting:)


Homer008Homer008 - 12/30/2005 3:06:19 AM
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December issue of the business week all just a lie? I'm telling you what I've read whether you like it or not. And if you want, I'll even give you the page number of the article. Eitherway, nice bashing on Hybrid batteries..very interesting:)
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