Toyota outsold Ford in July to rank as the No. 2 automaker

[Itsme]

Toyota Passes Ford, Leads Asian Brands to U.S. Record (Update1)
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. outsold Ford Motor Co. in July to rank as the No. 2 automaker in the U.S. for the first time, helping Asia-based companies win record market share as buyers shift to fuel-efficient models.

Toyota, which trails only General Motors Corp. in global sales, sold 241,826 vehicles in the U.S., up 12 percent from a year earlier, and 427 more than Ford. Gains of 6 percent for Honda Motor Co. and 6.2 percent for Hyundai Motor Co. helped the Asian companies boost their market share to 41.4 percent from 33.1 percent a year earlier, according to Bloomberg data.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acpABRBfNYyU&refer=home

[thresher]

You know when I listen to NPR I never hear "brought to you by, The Toyota Foundation, at..." it would be nice if a little of that Camry money landed on our soil once in a while.
/yes I drive a Ford and yes I am typing on a Dell and yes, I am clearly deluded that all things are American, but, Ford has fordfound.net and Dell has dell.org, two of the largest contributors in the world. Sorry to get a little political but it's hard to see the greatest part of the industrial revolution fall by the wayside.

[bachviet]

Ford just issued a recall yesterday on over 1M vehicles, mostly F-series trucks.

[DarkFury]

Ford just issued a recall yesterday on over 1M vehicles, mostly F-series trucks.


Yup... cruise control issues that make your truck the "hottest vehicle on the block" :eek:


http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/03/autos/ford_recall/index.htm