Toyota shut down

John S. > wrote:
>
>That is unsurprising news since all carmakers compete for the same
>group of car buyers. Fewer buyers are buying. The pain for Toyota
>was deferred because they are a far more efficient car manufacturer
>that Ford,/GM/Chrysler. Because Toyota has always focused on fuel
>efficient cars that too has softened the blow..

Toyota also sells a lot of cars outside the US. Not that the rest of
the world hasn't had economic trouble too, but it's been first and worse
in the US so far.

Used to be, American car makers used to sell a lot of cars abroad too,
but they lost most of those markets in the seventies...
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

> Toyota .. and shut down output for two days in
> December at all its North American vehicle factories including five in
> the United States, one in Canada and another in Mexico.
>

> --
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York


Well I can update this a little. The Georgetown KY and Lafayette, IN
plants were closed from 12-19-08 to 1-7-09 and will close 1-16 &
19-09. Then there will be 5 days in Feb and 6 in March. We haven't got
the exact dates yet..

I haul the engines into the Lafayette In plant.

This country is heading for another 1932 and it's heading there as
planned by our wonderful government. All planned out so that we will
be hurting so bad that we will accept socialism...

KMullins > wrote:
>
>This country is heading for another 1932 and it's heading there as
>planned by our wonderful government. All planned out so that we will
>be hurting so bad that we will accept socialism...

You know, this is the first time I have ever heard anyone claiming
the Bush crowd was promoting socialism... but I have to admit that
it has a point...
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Right soon after World War Two, (the official end of World War Two was
in 1951) America helped Japan jump start/renew Japan's auto
industry.(Europe too) New auto factories, new American made auto
manufacturing machinery etc.

About twenty five miles up the road from doggy's couch (I-55 Gluckstadt
Exit) is a Nissan factory, I reckon that factory is about five something
whatever years old www.southernautocorridor.com ) Nissan people in
Japan wanted to put their rising sun flag on top of that factory.Guess
what, we didn't let that happen.
cuhulin