12-08-2008, 07:53 PM
Quote:Look it up yourself lazy bones. I already said nothing has changed in the last years, only the size of the impact on the US economy. The sucking sound remains. Prove me wrong.
Yeah, well check out the port of Long Beach. Import Autos Pile up at the Port of Long Beach
It doesn't look like Americans are buying cars foreign or domestic.
Yeah Toyota's net sales fell by 69% in the 3 months leading to Sept. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ire/7741282.stm I can't find the article the other day that was talking about the "big threes" decline in sales (Ford down 30%, GM down 41%, etc). It listed the equivalent figures for Honda, Toyota, and Volkswagon and while GM was worse of anyone else, most of the foreign manufacturers were listed in the 25-35% range as well for world wide sales. Again a lot of that is because the US is the largest market and we just aren't buying anything that big ticket. I'll keep looking to see if I can get that linked.
But to be fair, the US manufacturers made some bad strategic decisions as well.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.