al4t1gbundy

Not sure where to post this, but does anybody know where I can get a chart (pie/bar/line) of say the entire sales for GM and Toyota narrowed down by models and makes.

Also I tried searching for a chart of "quality" between the two companies but was unsuccessful.

Lastly, I've been trying to locate some published articles for the longest times that believe that GM has way too many brands....

Anywho thanks in advance.

JonBoy

You can get the numerical data and enter it yourself...

vader1

Isn't it Autoweek that posts most of the industry figures????

al4t1gbundy

Thanks .. i'll look into that.

JonBoy

Toyota sales were UP 1.9% in Canada for November. They're having a record year there yet again.

Honda sales were up as well this year, as were a few others, I believe.

Anrosphynx

You realize the Canadian market is TINY and Canadians buy predominately small cars which are very low profit for their manufacturers right?


GM's sales fell 41 percent, while Chrysler's dropped 47 percent. Their overseas rivals posted abysmal results Tuesday as well. Toyota's November U.S. sales tumbled 34 percent, while Nissan's dropped 42 percent and Honda's fell 32 percent.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081202/auto_sales.html

al4t1gbundy

Actually guys .. let me rephrase a new question ... I'm having difficulty finding what EACH GM brand is targeting ..

As for example Toyota has Lexus (upper class), Scion (students and cheap, and Toyota (smack in the middle)

Can someone give me a link or something that tells in detail(s) what each of the GM brands target? Or rather, why do they have them ....

THANKS AGAIN

Malloric

There isn't really, it's just a semi-random collection of brands they've bought over the years and decided to keep for what ever reason. For example, Buick. They make some decent cars and are the original brand of GM but at this point they should be killed immediately as no one who is not a retired pasty white bible thumper in their 80's will touch one with a ten foot pole. Which is a shame considering you can pick up a year old Lucerne CXL with low miles for like 18k (previous owner, 6 feet under). Which is quite a steal... you'd have trouble picking up a Civic EX for that little.

Rednine

To be correct, Canadians buy more smaller cars as a percentage of their population than Americans do.

Predominantly they still purchase more mid size, full size, pickup trucks and SUV's than they do economy or small cars.

Rednine

Buick also happens to be the top selling brand under the GM umbrella.
Killing Buick off would be retarded.
These figures are all easily obtainable. Take two minutes and research before posting.

And by the way, in the last JD Power ratings, that crappy Buick happened to score better than Honda.