ft.com

"By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo

Published: December 22 2006 05:47 | Last updated: December 22 2006
11:00

Toyota is poised to surpass General Motors as the world's largest
automaker next year with plans unveiled on Friday to produce a record
9.42m vehicles.

The Japanese carmaker's leap to the top of the industry is a landmark
event that coincides with its 70th anniversary. GM, which has suffered
from weak demand in its home market, does not disclose production
forecasts but is expected to have produced about 9.17m vehicles this
year."

"Gosi" <gosinn (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

So BLOW me.

Gosi wrote:
Instead of developing more efficient cars and trucks GM elected to cry
about "unfair burden". Unfair burden indeed, no wonder Detroit has
fallen so very far behind Toyota/Honda/Nissan, etc. Apparently it is
easier for Detroit to whine, cry and bitch than innovate. GM is headed
straight down the toilet.

GM slams possible fuel economy changes
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/26/news...reut/index.htm

Instead of trolling here why don't you go to Japan and work for one tenth of
what you are making here.

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"Woody" <TheDuck (AT) Pond (DOT) net> wrote

Woody, you may not like the message, but you must consider that shooting the
messenger is a little
dumb.

This is a GM newsgroup. News, whether you like the impact or not, should be
open to discussion.

Which GM brand do you own?

mike


<HLS (AT) nospam (DOT) nix> wrote

Mike Hunter wrote:
Buick, Cavalier, VEGA-all three had bad problems and the dealer
response was poor. Revenge is sweet, they dealt nastily with me and
now it is payback time.

<HLS (AT) nospam (DOT) nix> wrote

When the messenger is a known troll, shooting is quite acceptable.

Dave

<HLS (AT) nospam (DOT) nix> wrote in
news:6Pikh.17942$QU1.4605 (AT) newssvr22 (DOT) news.prodigy.net:

This is a good point. Seems that the coffee aroma has fianlly arrived.
Just in, Toyota has broken ground for a massive plant just across the
border into Canada. They are planning a major kill job against the American
Auto Mfg's and it may be too late for any kind of reach around.

Of course GM and Ford only know to do one thing in hard times and that
downsize with massive layoff's. What a pitiful bunch...


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<HLS (AT) nospam (DOT) nix> wrote

Depends on what the messenger is up too. This one, isn't doing this to
'enlighten' people. He is trying to piss people off. That is the definition
of a Troll.

That's the funny thing. This is Toyota news, yet it was posted to a GM
newsgroup, and *not* to the Toyota newsgroup. Think about it.