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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS
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Toyota Motor Corp. said today it has handed over to a U.S. congressional committee a letter sent to its management by a splinter union in 2006 seeking reforms to improve safety after a recall crisis at the time. On Monday, Rep. Edolphus Towns, a New York Democrat who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, asked the automaker to turn over the document after a Los Angeles Times report on the letter. Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
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Data Center
U.S. car and light-truck inventories, on March 1
Sample data:
| Days | Days | ||
| Days | Days | ||
| supply | supply | ||
| Inventory | 1-Mar | 1-Feb | |
| BMW div. car (D/I) | Units | 2010 | 2010 |
| BMW div. car (I) | 27,800 | 59 | 76 |
| BMW div. trk. (D/I) | 3,200 | 20 | 25 |
| Total BMW division (D/I) | 30,900 | 49 | 64 |
| Mini Cooper car (I) | 8,400 | 70 | 90 |
Mexico car and truck sales, January
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Canada light-vehicle sales by make, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| Total | |||||||
| Car | Car | Truck | Truck | Total | Total | Percent | |
| Make | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | change |
| Acura | 394 | 377 | 464 | 613 | 858 | 990 | -13% |
| Audi | 662 | 461 | 204 | 166 | 866 | 627 | 38% |
| Bentley | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| BMW division | 946 | 859 | 474 | 331 | 1,420 | 1,190 | 19% |
| Buick | 248 | 160 | 253 | 166 | 501 | 326 | 54% |
Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| Feb. | Feb. | 2 mos. | 2 mos. | |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| 1 series (I) | 104 | 122 | 104 | 122 |
| 3 series (I) | 691 | 582 | 691 | 582 |
| 5 series (I) | 99 | 117 | 99 | 117 |
| 6 series (I) | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 series (I) | 23 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| Z4 (I) | 27 | 14 | 27 | 14 |
| BMW division car (D) | - | - | - | - |
| BMW division car (I) | 946 | 859 | 946 | 859 |
North America car and truck production – 03/08/2010
Sample data:
| 3/1- | Feb. | 1/1- | 1/1- | |
| 3/6/10 | total | 3/6/10 | 3/7/09 | |
| Ford Mustang | 1,850 | 3,657 | 10,960 | 688 |
| Mazda Mazda6 sedan | 1,236 | 3,410 | 9,373 | 3,658 |
| AUTOALLIANCE | 3,086 | 7,067 | 20,333 | 4,346 |
| X5 (trk.) | 2,044 | 6,960 | 16,788 | 13,141 |
| X6 (trk.) | 939 | 4,093 | 8,676 | 8,413 |
| BMW MFG. CORP. (trk.)‡ | 2,983 | 11,053 | 25,464 | 21,554 |
Customer and Dealer Incentives
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U.S. car sales, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| ASTON MARTIN (I)* | 92 | 95 | 184 | 190 |
| 1 series (I) | 781 | 853 | 1,324 | 1,569 |
| 3 series (I) | 6,817 | 6,414 | 12,235 | 11,427 |
| 5 series (I) | 2,270 | 3,191 | 4,739 | 5,787 |
| 6 series (I) | - | - | 237 | 591 |
| 7 series (I) | 899 | 10 | 2,207 | 33 |
| Z4 (I) | 389 | 21 | 587 | 66 |
| BMW division (D) | - | - | - | - |
| BMW division (I) | 11,156 | 10,489 | 21,329 | 19,473 |
| Total BMW division | 11,156 | 10,489 | 21,329 | 19,473 |
| Cooper/Cooper S (I) | 2,871 | 2,826 | 5,118 | 4,908 |
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Toyota, rivals in 'dogfight' for wary shoppers12:01 am U.S. ET | March 8
A battle is raging for the tens of thousands of customers Toyota has lost since its recall crisis erupted six weeks ago -- "a dogfight," says one analyst who sees Toyota losing market share over the long term. Toyota has piled on record incentives... ... Read More »
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