Toyota Confirms Five Major Launches Coming Next Year
11-15-12, 08:37 AM
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it's not b.s. in that even toyota themselves have said they needed to step it up design-wise, and that's why we now have the (awesome) fr-s, the new avalon, and no doubt more 'excitement' to come. it's always a balance to not alienate traditional conservative-taste (not talking politics, lol) buyers and i'm sure toyota will strike the balance right. having the 3 brands helps them segment it all anyway.
anyway, great news - toyota is on a roll! what i'd love to see is a corolla or similar sized car that blows away the hyundai accent/elantra duo. plus a small ute to compete with sportage / santa fe. the new 2013 hyundai santa fe is really nice.
11-15-12, 10:59 AM
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well, those brands do at least have or have had offerings that are definitely not bland - respectively, corvette, s2000, veloster/genesis-coupe, mustang, soul/optima...
it's not b.s. in that even toyota themselves have said they needed to step it up design-wise, and that's why we now have the (awesome) fr-s, the new avalon, and no doubt more 'excitement' to come. it's always a balance to not alienate traditional conservative-taste (not talking politics, lol) buyers and i'm sure toyota will strike the balance right. having the 3 brands helps them segment it all anyway.
anyway, great news - toyota is on a roll! what i'd love to see is a corolla or similar sized car that blows away the hyundai accent/elantra duo. plus a small ute to compete with sportage / santa fe. the new 2013 hyundai santa fe is really nice.
it's not b.s. in that even toyota themselves have said they needed to step it up design-wise, and that's why we now have the (awesome) fr-s, the new avalon, and no doubt more 'excitement' to come. it's always a balance to not alienate traditional conservative-taste (not talking politics, lol) buyers and i'm sure toyota will strike the balance right. having the 3 brands helps them segment it all anyway.
anyway, great news - toyota is on a roll! what i'd love to see is a corolla or similar sized car that blows away the hyundai accent/elantra duo. plus a small ute to compete with sportage / santa fe. the new 2013 hyundai santa fe is really nice.
The comment was BS. Period.
11-15-12, 04:20 PM
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Here is my thought on "bland Toyotas"...
Toyotas and (Lexi) are bland because nothing stands out on their models. Why does nothing stand out? Because EVERYTHING -- every feature and every component -- works so smoothly and works so well together with every other feature and part that it all blends together into one perfectly refined BLAND car.
11-16-12, 09:35 AM
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Whats funny is "omg Toyota bland, me hate"
"omg Toyota trying to be exciting, that is dumb"
11-19-12, 07:36 PM
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i found the reference, it was from Bob Carter, 5 models were Toyota.
Toyota will launch redesigns of the Avalon and Avalon Hybrid full-sized sedans in December, followed next year by redesigns of the RAV4 and Highlander crossovers, Tundra full-sized pickup and Corolla compact sedan. A midcycle update to the 4Runner also is planned.
"With the new products coming, our volume will go up, our share will go up," Carter said. While not giving a market share target, he said, "We will sustain in excess of 15 percent."
The six car and light-truck models to be replaced are on track to produce sales of about 760,000 in 2012. In 2007 -- in a much bigger market -- the same six accounted for 1.03 million.
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/2012...#ixzz2CjJwqadt
"With the new products coming, our volume will go up, our share will go up," Carter said. While not giving a market share target, he said, "We will sustain in excess of 15 percent."
The six car and light-truck models to be replaced are on track to produce sales of about 760,000 in 2012. In 2007 -- in a much bigger market -- the same six accounted for 1.03 million.
Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/2012...#ixzz2CjJwqadt
11-19-12, 09:13 PM
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although it always takes a while in the car business or in any large industry, toyota has been turning it around relatively quickly, and impressively in the past 6-7 years. the positive trends is showing no signs of slowing down which is great.
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