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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Les Williams 11:05AM (2/07/2006)
Keep on buying those Asian vehicles. How much money on a yearly basis is leaving our economy while you are driving your high quality "American Made" Toyota? The
Germans already own Chrysler Corporation, whats next?
Maybe when you arrive at work tomorrow in your Toyota,
you'll fine an Asian sitting at your desk, doing twice
the work at half the pay, while you are being handed a pink slip.
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Herb Simmons 5:39PM (2/09/2006)
It's time to comment! I have been reading a lot of you guy's Trash talk, here is mine. I was a "Ford Man" for many years. Loved my mustang, even purchased an "95" F 150 4x4, brand new, a much older and beat up doge dart had to pull me from the mud! I went to a GM dealer to purchase the then new diesel with the allison transmission, I got such a hassle with price (you know the ole game playing about a newly introduced model) and service that I vowed never again to give a sh_t about domestics.(by the way, my 88 honda accord was still on the road and towed my mustang to the shop after it died in the middle of driving it!)I now own the Nissan Armada, and I kick much butt in it, all the time. I welcome the "07" toyota Tundra (the other tundra models ARE too weenie for me) With its size, if that engine is strong and powerful I will have one in my yard! I require that it be better than the Nissan Titan and stronger than Ford or Dodge. The name of the game is Quality Quality and Consistant Quality! not how many you have sold. and if the "big three" still want to play games on price, availability and quality, they will play them at the soup line!! Hurray Toyota!!!
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John 2:16PM (2/10/2006)
PDR,
The majority of Big 3 trucks are built in the US. GM has 1 plant in Canada that does pickups and 1 plant in Mexico that does SUVs and the Avalanche. In the US, GM has 3 pick up plants in the US and 2 SUV plants.
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Tacolover 1:37AM (2/12/2006)
well, as much as i love this country too - big thing we seem to be missing is why the domestics got this way. dambbb unions are killing this country and the domestic cars that they are trying to produce. its no wonder they are brok and closing factories. too bad - toyota come in no union and kills them all - all around the world for that matter. any yes, they may sell alot more F150's right now - but you know - thats all they have left - if the double or triple expected tundra sales to even a measly 300k/yr - that will kill GM/Ford - hit them right where it hurts. but just take a look and peek of what they are saying about this new machine - no wonder everyone is scarred -
hell of a truck they make - this next generation full size from Toyota will be nothing less than Kryptonite for Detroit !
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Hinky Dinky 7:56AM (11/19/2006)
Honda SUT? They should call it Honda SLUT!
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Rich 2:43PM (1/18/2006)
I'll start the drum beat for all those about to jump on the bandwagon.....
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Christian J 2:52PM (1/18/2006)
Lame. Get ready for people to say how awesome this truck is/will be. These Japanese domestic-style trucks are not used to the extent real domestic trucks are. They have the market penetration of a family owned variety store, i.e like 0.3%. Therefore, its impossible to say how "awesome" these trucks are when they stack up to real trucks used for real work, chronic labour, over the long term. Give 'em a few more years yet. We need to see what thee things do. In the short term, I take serious issue with performance claims/costs of these trucks. In order to make the numbers, they need to run on premium, while the doemstics have always used 87.
Don't even get me started on quality. Nissan and Toyota make like what?
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Rastus 3:04PM (1/18/2006)
Christian,
No, it's not "impossible" whatsoever. Why? Because if a Toyota Corolla can be abused on a daily basis and still last 240,000 miles w/out even a valve-job, then I'd say there just MAY be something to Toyota's much praised quality. And even if you don't believe me, then maybe you'll believe sales figures in North America. Brainless and lame? Sure, but if that's what it takes to win over a loyal following, then so be it.
This truck is built in Texas, but beef-eating Texans. Be sure to call this truck "lame" when it feeds many Many Americans who otherwise would be doing something else, something equally as "lame", or nothing at all perhaps.
Welcome to the competition, GM and Ford. Recall (as someone else so eloquently put it awhile back on AutoBlog)...GM and Ford are now competing w/ Toyota, not the other way around (on the grand scale). So what if Toyota isn't afrid to compete w/ GM and Ford in the P/U market. This is round three (T-100, Tundra v1.0, and now Tundra v2.0). Toyota, if you havn't yet guessed, actually Learns, unlike GM and Ford.
So VERY lame indeed!!!
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Rastus 3:07PM (1/18/2006)
typo..not "but" but "by"
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Rich 3:18PM (1/18/2006)
Rastus,
In case someone hadn't informed you when a factory of a domestic manufacturer goes idle or shuts down and an import based manufacturer sets up shop the total job creation is zero. So, yes due to the dynamics of the buying public GM and Ford employ less while Toyota picks up the slack, but to start preaching about feeding families etc is a bit much. Domestic automakers have long been a source of income for North American families, funny how that is overlooked.
Anyway Rastas, jump on the bandwagon, I'm sure you are the type who cheered the league leading Colts right up to the day of deliverance....and then said "I'm not a colts fan"
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Rastus 3:39PM (1/18/2006)
I've had a strong distate for domestics from a very early age. So no, my opinion does not change based upon the season or who may be popular at any given moment. My opinion is based upon the foul treatment my parents received from domestics (mostly GM and their "dealerships")...so trust me on this, I'm not going to root for the "Colts" any time soon :)
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Rich 3:44PM (1/18/2006)
Sales numbers for full size pickups in 2005 look like this: Ford F-series 901,463, GM 998,654, Toyota Tundra 126,529, and Nissan Titan 86,945. So you are looking at 2,000,000 versus 200,000 for domestics compared to "Imports". Now considering that quality is STILL reported as tops by JD Power for the F-series while churning out approximately 10 times as many pickups is noteworthy. So don't go preaching the quality of Toyota trucks (specifically trucks) until such a time as sales numbers warrant appreciable potential for problems. I drive a 1997 Ford f-150 with over 220,000 Km and it runs tickettyboo, so maybe I'm biased.
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djSyndrome 4:03PM (1/18/2006)
"In case someone hadn't informed you when a factory of a domestic manufacturer goes idle or shuts down and an import based manufacturer sets up shop the total job creation is zero."
Because, you know, every laid off auto worker in Michigan is immediately going to emigrate to Texas to go work for Toyota.
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djSyndrome 4:09PM (1/18/2006)
"Sales numbers (blah blah)"
Rich, I keep reading your post over and over again, but whatever leap of logic you are trying to make - apparently something about cars not being labeled as 'reliable' until there are a million examples a year on the road - seems to escape me.
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Justin 4:14PM (1/18/2006)
I hope GM are ready to get their asses handed to them because Toyota is about to open the house of pain.
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PWN3D 4:17PM (1/18/2006)
You know the Taurus was the best selling car in america. Toyota PWN3D The taurus. Now the F150 is going to get PWN3D. Then ur mom is next. She'll get PWN3D too. Then ur cat will get PWN3D by toyota. And then ur dog.
Congratulations, you got PWN3D
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Ophrey 4:30PM (1/18/2006)
#7
Once again a GM lover associating sales with quality.
Havnt we all realized the average american is a retard and yes GM and Ford will most likely ALWAYS outsell other brands, because all those hillbilly rednecks will always buy domestic and not "furrin" cars inspite of the obvious that the "furrin" ones are superior.
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OldCarDog 4:31PM (1/18/2006)
Used to be that if you sneezed, or even gave a cross look at a Toyota body panel it would happily reward you with a tennis ball sized ding. Hope they got that fixed if they want to compete with the big boys in the truck world.
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Marc 4:37PM (1/18/2006)
Domestic lovers believe the full size truck market is the one area where they are safe. Watch out. Toyota has consistently sold around 100,000 Tundras a year. They sell this many with no HD version, and fewer body styles and engine choices (not to mention way fewer dealers). Once Toyota adds more choices and an HD version, they will likely double their sales. Then Nissan will likely follow suit. And who knows, Honda might even figure it out. There is nothing inherently different about a full size truck that will stop this progress. Look at the sales charts of 20 years ago for cars-Taurus, Celebrity, Cavalier, Escort. Now who's on top. You can't honestly believe that with trucks it will be any different. 5 years from now we're looking at Japanese trucks commanding 20% of the US truck market. Believe it.
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Jsmith 5:00PM (1/18/2006)
Hey PWN3D why don't you go back to playing your FPS. Or better yet go drive your import with your big gay wing and cool tail lights, that you seem to think adds 100HP. Don't forget to act hard while doing it. Oh and all the people looking at you are laughing by the way.
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