Honda And Toyota Sales Will Continue To Suffer Well Into 2012

The head of the nation's largest dealership group says lean inventories will delay the recovery of Toyota and Honda until mid-2012.

"We're going to be firmer on price on Toyota and Honda than what we thought at the beginning of October," AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson told Automotive News last week. "We just don't have the supply to be able to run a lot of volume."

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LexSucks - 11/14/2011 10:12:14 AM

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Lies!!!! Toyota Sales never "Suffer". Toyotas are the best cars in the world.

Agent009 - 11/14/2011 10:59:45 AM

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You can only sell as long as you have parts. No reserve means disasters will affect you.

uaw_lax - 11/14/2011 9:17:47 PM

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Or how about making parts in a more stable and developed nation? This is the price of trying get the cheapest parts/labor.

dhkss2002 - 11/15/2011 3:43:14 AM

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http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mkm45femhj/2011-volkswagen-jetta

jtz7 - 11/15/2011 4:02:06 PM

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"Or how about making parts in a more stable and developed nation? This is the price of trying get the cheapest parts/labor."

Yeah but wouldn't that mean higher prices for Toyotas because labor price would increase?

asafianow - 11/16/2011 12:50:39 AM

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A lot of the reason for this is because their products are starting to lose their unique looks... when you can get something fresh looking that has similar quality, at a similar price, you're pretty open to try it out... that's why Volkswagen and Audi have been so popular all of a sudden... you've seen them for years on the road, but now that they have a fresh new look, you are more willing to make a switch than you had before. The same with Kia/Hyundai... they have a fresh, sexy new look and about the same or a little less than competitors... why not?