Toyota Says North American Plants Have Returned To 100% Capacity After Quake

Please provide me a link where I said they would return "only days after".

Oh wait, you can't... because it never happened. My argument was more along the lines of, yes the tsunami happened yes it had some effect, but no, you can't blame all Toyota's woes on an act of god.

"act of god" is a legal term...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

Joe, i don't think anyone seriously believes that you claimed Toyota should have been back at 100% within days. But your continual insistence that you can't blame any sales woes on the tsunami is well documented. Sure, it's a matter of how much you can attribute. Some of the sales loss can be attributed to the hangover from the LaHood/ABS debacle, some from the 2012 model changeover their key seller, but much can be attributed to the tsunami, even now, 6 months later. The fact that despite all this, Toyota was only down 16% by August is pretty good. You have to accept that some of this is due to inventory shortage because of the quake.

It was less than 2 months before Toyota made it back to 80% capacity, now you're saying a 16% drop 3 months after that point is good. I respectfully decline your invitation to live in that delusion.

1911, you're an amazing piece of work and a perfect example of a Toyota faithful. I honestly feel sorry for the fans of Toyota that have a brain. Your posts are only serving to colour them in a negative light.

Sorry, don't know who he is, and I didn't bother reading your quote.

I'm not very religious by any means, are you still ignoring that "act of god" is a legal term? I have some other links if you don't like wiki's, none of the following definitions include any religious notions.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/act+of+God

http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/A/ActofGod.aspx

http://www.legal-explanations.com/definitions/act-of-god.htm

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/act+of+God

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/act%20of%20god

So assuming that 80% capacity means they are 20% lower, then being off 16% in one month doesnt seem so bad, no? I'm no mathematician, but that makes sense to me. And besides, I am only partially attributing the drop to the earthquake.

they went from 20% reduction in capacity to 0% in 3 months if we linearly interpolate those numbers with 0% at the end of august. Then you can account for a 6.7% reduction in cars available in august. Leaving around 10% unaccounted for compared to the 16% drop in sales. That 10% is more then whats being accounted for by the production delays. I'm glad you believe it's a mixture, because you can see my dismay when people believe the only thing slowing toyota down is a tsunami...

You give me my 6.7% from the tsunami and I'll give you 10% for all other hell that has befallen Toyota. :) Fortunately all of it is now being corrected. Plants back to 100%, aging product cycles are ending, and people are finally forgetting the LaHood scam. Things will be back to normal shortly.

Hey Joe, your numbers don't take into account vehicles that are sold but not yet built/delivered. While the factory may be back to 100% it doesn't mean an instant return to full supply at the dealership level. Lots of the vehicles being built are already spoken for. Dealers still lose sales when they tell people that they have to wait 4-6-8 weeks for a specific model.

Why is that interesting? What has been Toyota's best seller despite the quake? The Camry, which incidentally is the car with the most US content. What has been hardest hit? The Prius, which has the highest Japan content. Not so interesting. Kinda logical.

I would wager that the reason why the Camry is has been the best seller since the quake would have a far better correlation to the fact that it has been Toyota's best seller for a long time now... then any short term part shortages.

I would wager that is no fully correct. Yes it has been histprically number 1. All things being equal, if the earthquake hadnt happened, the CAmry would still be number 1, but with higher sales. The Corolla would be top 5 and the Prius and Rav4 would be at least skirting the top 10. The Camry is the head of that pack with domesic content, so has had less trouble keeping its position atop the sales charts. The others, with more Japanese content have not maintained their sales pace. Now again, I only attribute the sales drop partially to the tsunami. But which two vbehicles seems to have suffered the worse from Toyota's top sellers? The Prius and the Rav4, Which 2 vehicles are primarily sourced from Japan? Prius and Rav4.

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0808
or
http://www.mombu.com/ford/ford/t-information-gleaned-from-domestic-content-labels-962985-last.html

eeek, I really should have spell checked that.

Nice to see we can agree on some things... somewhat.

Theres a ton of Toyotas in every dealers lot.There are better choices out there and the people are noticing.This is just another excuse Toyota can use to hide.How come Nissan is kicking Butt? Maybe because their products are not as boring as Toyotas.

Since the Camry sold so much you cannot argue the Tsunami point.You look like a fat ass.I am 6ft tall and 200lbs of muscle FBPIA (Fiji Born Proud Indian American) All 4 of our cars are American made and they never break down.You ignorant German learn how to spell.Its AMERICAN.If you live in the USA and hate it so much go back RETARD.Thanks 1911.

"I am 6ft tall and 200lbs of muscle FBPIA (Fiji Born Proud Indian American)"
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