PaleMelanesian
01-21-2009, 09:02 AM
Japanese automaker passed Detroit titan for first time. (msnbc.msn.com/id/28771215/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Toyota_Prius_Touring1.jpgAP – Jan. 21, 2009
2009 Toyota Prius -- One of the models that brought Toyota to this point.
Selling what people want to buy - it's good business. -- Ed.
NEW YORK - General Motors sold fewer cars globally than Toyota last year, as the Japanese automaker passed the Detroit company for the first time.
GM says it sold 8.356 million cars and trucks in 2008, falling about 616,000 vehicles short of Toyota’s total of 8.972 million.
General Motors Corp. posted an 11 percent drop for the year, while Toyota’s sales fell 4 percent.
On Tuesday, Toyota tapped Akio Toyoda, grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as president, paying homage to its roots at a time when the company faces its first operating loss in 70 years... msnbc.msn.com/id/28771215/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Toyota_Prius_Touring1.jpgAP – Jan. 21, 2009
2009 Toyota Prius -- One of the models that brought Toyota to this point.
Selling what people want to buy - it's good business. -- Ed.
NEW YORK - General Motors sold fewer cars globally than Toyota last year, as the Japanese automaker passed the Detroit company for the first time.
GM says it sold 8.356 million cars and trucks in 2008, falling about 616,000 vehicles short of Toyota’s total of 8.972 million.
General Motors Corp. posted an 11 percent drop for the year, while Toyota’s sales fell 4 percent.
On Tuesday, Toyota tapped Akio Toyoda, grandson of the Japanese automaker’s founder, as president, paying homage to its roots at a time when the company faces its first operating loss in 70 years... msnbc.msn.com/id/28771215/