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Dude @ Jul 10th 2008 11:16AM
Not to supply fodder for the tin-foil hat club, but this is the most positive story I've ever read about idling plants.
Think about it. Toyota heavily invested in truck and SUV production and is now scrambling to reorganize and trim because of the changes in the marketplace. Sound familiar?
richardtoh @ Jul 10th 2008 11:35AM
That is actually a sign of good management. Once a changing market condition is detected, they adapt accordingly.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jul 10th 2008 11:52AM
richardtoh:
They're all adapting, not just Toyota.
And it doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand that you would be building vehicles which have no buyers. The dealers aren't placing orders, they'd literally be building trucks to then just have to pay to store them. I would think that no matter how dim a person's view of the domestics, they would see they have enough brains to notice the lots at the manufacturing plants are filled with vehicles with no buyers.
tankd0g @ Jul 10th 2008 1:00PM
No brain surgeons in the UAW.
Jim @ Jul 10th 2008 1:37PM
Oh, how could Toyota have bundled with the Tundra? I thought, with the rest of the media, Toyota could never make a mistake of any kind. Only the dumb domestics can do that. In reality, I think some of the luck is running out for Toyota. Now that the domestic are wide awake, I predict huge changes in the auto industry. In this country we tend to have a history of waiting the last minute before getting of our butts, and when we do, we usually get on top of the competitors. This won't happen overnight, but it will.