Toyota Shakes Off The Dust And Zooms Into The Global Sales Lead

...Agent 009, You are on the wrong team bro. Dont waste your time tryin to find a whole in Toyota's success. It's inevitability! I'm tellin you man, this Co is unstoppable! Their ultimate goal is World Dominance and they will use their resources with precision to achieve it. Some things in life are just meant to be. Toyota just so happens to be one of those rare Co. destined to be an Icon like say Coca Cola, Micheal Jordan, Magic Johnson, Ferrari...yeah I know I can hear it now from the haters out there saying Toyota & Lexus will never be like Ferrari. The answer is: They dont have to, because they're doin somethin no other car maker is doin and that is they are just being Toyota. Their nature and destiny is to be the Worlds best Automaker. Period! I like to go with the under dog sometimes but not all the time. Some times I like the idea that I've made an excellent choice in choosing something that's WAY bigger than me, it helps me to learn some important lessons about life itself. Toyota is the best teacher at what they do, attain greatness mixed w/ a whole lot of common sense!

good article!

..I also meant to say after a whole in their success...They are not perfect, but it's inevitability!

And just two days ago, a post was "No one wants to be like Toyota." Who's laughing now?

Being sales leader means one thing. You pedal more iron than anyone else.

Look at Walmart vs Nordstrom. Walmart sells more product (4 times in dollar revenue) but is it better in any way?

Don't confuse volume with quality, or profitability. It is just passing iron off to more people. It is more of a factory of pricing to a wider audience than anyone else. It is a lot easier to sell lots of $15K cars than $60K.

And yet Toyota sells plenty of $60,000 cars. And is once again mightly profitable. Facts you conveniently ignore.

Good job Toyota. FYI, agent009, Toyota is one the most profitable auto company out there.

And Agent009, I deboosted you.

People get your facts straight, just Google "most profitable car companies" or "most profitable cars". TOYOTA will not be number one. They are the number one in the world delivering cars just like MSFT is the leader in computer software but look at AAPL, they sell less but make more money per item.
It seems to me most on this board are not that educated.
Anyways, good for TOYOTA.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2012/06/07/toyota-profit-back-on-top-after-5-years-report/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-07/toyota-seen-exceeding-gm-s-profit-this-fiscal-year.html

Toyota seems to me to be doing pretty well.

In the end its not who makes the most but who sells the most.

...Say what u may 009, You definately are appearing to be in denial to the fact that Toyota sells Top Quantity, produces excellent Quality and as u know they make Top Profitability. Volume u say...They are second to NONE! Oh, and Tiquan...Ever hear that slogan: "Birds of a feather flock together" That be u and your lame article, all that Honda/Acura production faster than all others proves What?

@USNA1999, I didn't say the "Most" profitable company, I says' "One" of the most profitable company. Don't read other people post before making comments or response to their comments? Chill out dude.

Why are people so emotionally invested in the success of individual car companies? Do you have family who work there or something? What does it matter that Toyota is better than GM one day, and the next BMW rises? As long as consumers have a good selection of great cars, we should always be thrilled there is competition. The way the lot of you go at it, you'd think you guys were cheering for Toyota like it's Manchester United or something - it's a freakin' car company, people!

This is almost as bad as the Apple v. Android forums.

@quizz,

ever heard of Stocks? A lot of people own Toyota Stock so if Toyota make money they make money. Next time think before you speak ; )

Seriously? Investments should be emotionless because it's all about the money - but your arguments sound like you're willing to stick with Toyota through thick and thin, regardless if it makes you any money at all, so my argument stands, you are emotionally vested in Toyota. As an investor, you SHOULD BE criticizing Toyota hard for being so complacent and arrogant in the last 5 years, but instead your posts consistently defend their decision making - that's not the voice of an investor, but the cheers of a fan. If anything you should be Toyota's harshest critic! Do you see how critical shareholders of HP, Google, Facebook and Apple are? One misstep and there are public demands of executive firings and board changes.

You appear to invest in Toyota not because you think Toyota will make you money, but rather because you like Toyota to begin with, and every single one of your posts reflect that bias - and it's that bias that I'm commenting on.

You understand that Toyota could care less who you are, they're just out there to make a buck, but they do hire the best marketers in the world in order to create brand loyalty that you have been suckered into. Just as Starbucks coffee fans in blind tests can't tell the difference between a Starbucks and Walmart coffee, but when they think they are drinking a cup branded as "Starbucks", their happiness levels increase dramatically regardless of what coffee is really in the cup. It's all about effectively branding happiness and loyalty. And Toyota does a pretty good job.

To be fair, the BMW/MB/Audi fanboys are subject to the same biases.

I'm not a Toyota-fan but I do appreciate 009's getting spanked. He's been harping on about how Toyota's sales volume is/will be permanently damaged by the likes of Korean car mfrs (due to price and value) yet today he's changing the standard to be Nordstrom vs Walmart. The fact remains Toyota's ability to turn around its sales performance in a relatively short period of time (in lieu of the size of the company, the severity of its calamity-related troubles) proves that it's still a global corporate leader. 009, I'm afraid you're going to be very fat from eating your own words.

Lexus,
Really? Invest in TM? I hope you just bought, TM's performance the last 5 years has been incredibly weak.
Regardless, I am with "quizz" I am not sure why you guys are so emotionally tied with this companies. I think we have a few car sales people in this board.
Anyways, as part of my portfolio, I am holding 450 shares of AAPL and I could care less what people say about the company, which has pleanty of haters. I highly doubt that most of these individuals in this site even own a single share of stock, maybe through a mutual fund in their 401K (assuming that they have one).
BTW FUTURES are rallying this morning, hopefully we have a good day in the markets.
I have driven a LEXUS for the past 4 years and I don't feel like having to justify my purchase on a daily basis. At the same time we also own a VW (TOUAREG) and a MINI, I could care less what this losers on this board think of my purchases. I have a very good income (plus a military pension) that I could do whatever I please with it but I mainly decide to invest for the future. Your point is mute about these individuals caring because they are investors, they probably own an entry level model of the brand or aspire to own one and continue to drink the marketing Kool-Aid (which is what I do). Good luck, have to go work. It's all about opportunity cost, take care!

Still wont buy one.