August 2007: Toyota Motor Corporation

[mustang84]

Toyota corporate hasn't released the figures yet, but this is from CNN Money.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articl...13-19339947.htm

ORRANCE, California, Sep. 4, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE:TM) said its US sales fell 2.8 pct year-on-year to 233,471 vehicles in August.

The group said the Toyota division posted sales of 201,272 vehicles, down 3.7 pct from last August, although the Lexus unit reported record sales of 32,199 units, up 3.6 pct on a year ago.

No table yet, but here's the press release. Tundra DOWN over last month by ~4K units (sold 23K last month)...looks like it has finally crested.

Toyota Reports August Sales

September 4, 2007 – Torrance, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported August sales of 233,471 vehicles, a decrease of 2.8 percent from August 2006.

"Reduced credit tied to the subprime squeeze challenged consumer confidence this month," said Jim Lentz, TMS executive vice president. "We're holding our own on the strength of a strong dealer body, sustained brand loyalty and a lineup of fresh quality products."

The Toyota Division posted August sales of 201,272, down 3.7 percent from last August. The Lexus Division reported best-ever August sales of 32,199 units, an increase of 3.6 percent.

Toyota Division

Toyota Division passenger cars recorded August sales of 115,718, a decrease of eight percent from last August. Passenger car sales were led by Camry, which posted August sales of 42,658, up one percent over the same period last year. Camry Hybrid reported sales of 4,284 units in August. The Prius hybrid gas-electric mid-size sedan posted best-ever August sales of 14,055, an increase of 25.7 percent over August 2006. Corolla reported August sales of 30,491 units.

Toyota Division light truck sales were up 2.7 percent, with a best-ever August total of 85,554 units. Light truck sales were led by the all-new Tundra full-size pickup with best-ever August sales of 18,919, an increase of 69.3 percent over the year-ago month. The RAV4 compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) reported all-time best-ever August sales of 15,916, up 10.8 percent over the same period last year. Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted combined August sales of 9,514.

Scion posted August sales of 14,773 units. The tC sports coupe led the way with August sales of 6,590 units. The xB urban utility vehicle posted sales of 5,329 units for the month.

Lexus Division

Lexus passenger cars reported best-ever August sales of 19,789 units, an increase of 7.7 percent over August 2006. Passenger car sales were led by the ES 350 luxury sedan with best-ever August sales of 8,646 units, an increase of 8.4 percent over the year-ago month. The all-new LS luxury sedan reported combined sales of 3,164, an increase of 128.3 percent over last August.

Lexus Division light trucks reported August sales totaling 12,410 units. The RX 350 and RX 400h enjoyed combined August sales of 10,032 units, up 2.3 percent over August 2006. The RX 400h hybrid luxury utility vehicle reported sales of 1,172 units for the month.

TMS Hybrids

TMS calendar-year-to-date hybrid sales totaled 189,945 units, an increase of 50 percent over the same period last year. In August, TMS posted sales of 20,286 hybrid vehicles, down one percent from last August. Toyota Division posted sales of 18,717 hybrids, remaining flat compared to the same period last year. Lexus Division posted sales of 1,569 hybrids.

There were 27 selling days this sales month and last August.

http://www.toyota.com/about/news/corporate...04-1-sales.html

TOYOTA RETAIL SALES                          (INCLUDES FLEET & HAWAII)                                 August, 2007                        ---- CURRENT MONTH ----  -- CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE --                                          DSR %                        DSR %                          2007     2006    CHG       2007       2006    CHG  YARIS                  7,861   11,392  -31.0     62,509     44,214   40.7  COROLLA               30,491   34,971  -12.8    262,431    274,074   -4.7  CAMRY                 42,658   42,227    1.0    324,702    302,636    6.8  AVALON                 5,880    6,747  -12.9     48,494     58,540  -17.6  PRIUS                 14,055   11,177   25.7    124,620     70,447   76.0  SCION xA                 190    3,111  -93.9      9,394     22,905  -59.2  SCION xB               5,329    6,956  -23.4     28,990     44,997  -35.9  SCION tC               6,590    9,185  -28.3     46,369     55,498  -16.9  SCION xD               2,664        0       -     2,664          0       -  TOTAL TOYOTA DIV.   PASS. CAR           115,718  125,768   -8.0    910,177    873,341    3.7  ES 350                 8,646    7,973    8.4     55,953     48,365   15.1  LS 460                 3,164    1,386  128.3     23,432      9,073  157.0  SC 430                   298      493  -39.6      2,698      4,040  -33.5  GS 300                 2,161    2,609  -17.2     14,058     15,734  -11.1  GS 430/450h              139      362  -61.6      1,364      2,805  -51.6  IS 250/350             5,381    5,553   -3.1     37,949     37,347    1.1  TOTAL LEXUS PASS.   CAR                  19,789   18,376    7.7    135,454    117,364   14.9  TOTAL TOYOTA PASS.   CAR                 135,507  144,144   -6.0  1,045,631    990,705    5.0  SIENNA                11,099   12,807  -13.3     96,047    107,426  -11.0  RAV4                  15,916   14,363   10.8    117,534    104,133   12.3  FJ CRUISER             4,802    6,259  -23.3     38,684     34,037   13.1  4RUNNER                8,312    8,302    0.1     59,182     72,514  -18.8  HIGHLANDER             9,514   11,645  -18.3     83,121     85,001   -2.7  LAND CRUISER             181      286  -36.7      1,589      2,149  -26.4  SEQUOIA                1,717    2,479  -30.7     16,299     22,030  -26.4  TOTAL SUV             40,442   43,334   -6.7    316,409    319,864   -1.6  4X2 TACOMA             9,060    9,567   -5.3     72,119     70,393    2.0  4X4 TACOMA             6,034    6,455   -6.5     49,400     46,832    5.0  TOTAL TACOMA          15,094   16,022   -5.8    121,519    117,225    3.2  TUNDRA                18,919   11,173   69.3    124,909     78,916   57.5  TOTAL PICKUP          34,013   27,195   25.1    246,428    196,141   25.0  TOTAL TOYOTA DIV. LT   TRUCK                85,554   83,336    2.7    658,884    623,431    5.2  LX 470                   221      435  -49.2      1,972      3,645  -46.2  GX 470                 2,157    2,458  -12.2     14,430     16,186  -11.3  RX 350/400h           10,032    9,805    2.3     67,686     71,579   -5.9  TOTAL LEXUS LIGHT   TRUCK                12,410   12,698   -2.3     84,088     91,410   -8.5  TOTAL TOYOTA LIGHT   TRUCK                97,964   96,034    2.0    742,972    714,841    3.4  TOTAL TOYOTA DIV.    201,272  209,104   -3.7  1,569,061  1,496,772    4.3  TOTAL LEXUS           32,199   31,074    3.6    219,542    208,774    4.6  TOTAL TOYOTA         233,471  240,178   -2.8  1,788,603  1,705,546    4.4  MEMO:  DOM. COROLLA          29,840   29,044    2.7    239,186    233,692    1.9  DOM. CAMRY            39,823   31,314   27.2    275,247    250,188    9.5  DOM. PICKUP           34,013   27,195   25.1    246,428    196,141   25.0  DOM. RX 350            7,607    7,778   -2.2     49,105     49,049   -0.4  SELLING DAYS              27       27               205        204  TOYOTA DIV. IMPORT   CAR                  40,175   58,663  -31.5    347,250    330,921    4.4  LEXUS IMPORT CAR      19,789   18,376    7.7    135,454    117,364   14.9  TOYOTA DIV NA BUILT   CARS                 75,543   67,105   12.6    562,927    542,420    3.3  TOTAL TOYOTA CARS    135,507  144,144   -6.0  1,045,631    990,705    5.0  TOYOTA DIV. IMPORT   LT TRUCK             38,725   40,855   -5.2    300,110    297,834    0.3  LEXUS IMPORT LT   TRUCK                 4,803    4,920   -2.4     34,983     42,361  -17.8  TOYOTA DIV NA BUILT   LT TRUCK             46,829   42,481   10.2    358,774    325,597    9.7  LEXUS NA BUILT LT   TRUCK                 7,607    7,778   -2.2     49,105     49,049   -0.4  TOTAL TOYOTA LT   TRUCK                97,964   96,034    2.0    742,972    714,841    3.4  SPORT UTILITY   VEHICLES             48,050   49,773   -3.5    361,813    377,237   -4.6    Memo: Lexus Sport     Utility            12,410   12,698   -2.3     84,088     91,410   -8.5  SMALL VANS            11,099   12,807  -13.3     96,047    107,426  -11.0  PICKUPS               34,013   27,195   25.1    246,428    196,141   25.0  * NORTH AMERICAN   BUILT VEHICLES  COROLLA               29,840   29,044    2.7    239,186    233,692    1.9  CAMRY                 39,823   31,314   27.2    275,247    250,188    9.5  AVALON                 5,880    6,747  -12.9     48,494     58,540  -17.6  SIENNA                11,099   12,807  -13.3     96,047    107,426  -11.0  PICKUP                34,013   27,195   25.1    246,428    196,141   25.0  SEQUOIA                1,717    2,479  -30.7     16,299     22,030  -26.4  RX 350                 7,607    7,778   -2.2     49,105     49,049   -0.4  TOTAL                129,979  117,364   10.7    970,806    917,066    5.3  N.A. VEHICLES % OF   TOTAL                  55.7%    48.9%             54.3%      53.8%  SELLING DAYS              27       27               205        204  DSR = DAILY SELLING RATE

Edited September 5, 2007 by mustang84

[Newbiewar]

GM + lambda = Toyota

10 million next year, but cant even sustain monthly gains...?

[hdmax]

Looks like maybe all the hype about the tundra topping the GMC was short lived. Let's hope so anyway......

Now if we could see a sustained decline for the next 20 years, we can all be happy.

[Newbiewar]

toyota must have had a great summer last year...

cause this is 2 months in a row of low sales...

honda is up 4 percent...

guess there aren't really any new models except for the turd of course... and looks like it needs deeper dicounts to produce the reaction they want...

the camry and avalon are still in their first year I believe and the sales are already not as well as its predecessor... corolla not sure if its due... but the matrix is slated for 08 or 09 isn't it...?

a lot of their suv's are new or almost out and I doubt they will also be well received...

hrmm from a product stand point it looks like the steam roller is running out of steam... even the cookie cutters aren't making them all the same... with cracks in the engine bay and etc...

[regfootball]

toyo is meeting a room right now on how to spin this in a misleadin, untruthful, and positive way.

[Camino LS6]

Looks like maybe all the hype about the tundra topping the GMC was short lived. Let's hope so anyway......

Now if we could see a sustained decline for the next 20 years, we can all be happy.

[FUTURE_OF_GM]

LOL @ the Tundra.... $8000 rebates and still a month over month LOSS...

Oh Toyoguy................ (FOG yells into the C&G abiss)

[Camino LS6]

Told ya the Tundra was a stinker! :AH-HA_wink:

STRIKE THREE!!!

GM up, Toyota down - it's a GOOD day.

[plane]

Looks like maybe all the hype about the tundra topping the GMC was short lived. Let's hope so anyway......

Now if we could see a sustained decline for the next 20 years, we can all be happy.

hdmax is in the house.

Nice post man. Totally agreed.

[balthazar]

Look at scion's year-over-year tanking, esp in light of general gas prices....

[Newbiewar]

Look at scion's year-over-year tanking, esp in light of general gas prices....

this is toyota, handling too many products... someone should pat GM on the back for managing some 80 different models

[VenSeattle]

LOL @ the Tundra.... $8000 rebates and still a month over month LOSS...

Oh Toyoguy................ (FOG yells into the C&G abiss)

If Tundra sales continue to drop, Toyota will miss Tundra's 200k goal for the first year, even with heavy incentives. The Tundra must be costing Toyota a fortune. I can't wait until they release the Sequoia. It's sure to light up the sales chart. I wonder if they'll continue to use the same horrible redneck-sounding narrator for the Sequoia commercials...

[regfootball]

xB id a UUV

[sciguy_0504]

toYOtA sUX!%#@@!!

[Drew Dowdell]

Best Month EVAR!

no...

wait.

[Intrepidation]

I'm confused...While I'm all for the Tundra being down, why does the sales ticker say the contrary?

TUNDRA 18,919 11,173 69.3 124,909 78,916 57.5

[VenSeattle]

I'm confused...While I'm all for the Tundra being down, why does the sales ticker say the contrary?

TUNDRA 18,919 11,173 69.3 124,909 78,916 57.5

Sales are down from last month (July'07 Tundra Sales: 23,150)... not from last August.

[Intrepidation]

Sales are down from last month... not last August.

Oh, I gotcha...silly me I misread. Well let's bust out the drinks and par-tay!

[A Horse With No Name]

Look at scion's year-over-year tanking, esp in light of general gas prices....

Scion/Totyta totally effed up on the new xB, needs to refresh the TC, and the xd is just plain goofy.

I don't look for Scion to be around in five years. Seriously. They are the equal of a one hit wonder band (the original xB was kind of cool) but the other products leave a lot to be desired.

Chris

[Intrepidation]

I like the tC and that's it.

[A Horse With No Name]

The TC isn't a bad car, but it is like the Tibron and is actually built on a sedan chasis. Drive a TC and a Civic Si back to back and it is no competition. Granted the SI is 3-4 thousand more, but the TC is not an actual "sports car." Lots of little things (Handleling, the way it shifts, not as smooth as a Civic or even a Cobalt, slightly awkward interior, fuel economy in the real world does not match Cobalt SS or Civic S, etc.) put it out of the class of being "desireable" IMHO.

Chris

[Intrepidation]

If the tC gets better than 16.8 in the city it gets better economy than the Cobalt

[hdmax]

I'm confused...While I'm all for the Tundra being down, why does the sales ticker say the contrary?

TUNDRA 18,919 11,173 69.3 124,909 78,916 57.5

It wouldn't take much for sales to be up over any month of 2006. The tundra had fallen to near death in 2006. As others pointed out, the sales are down, and down big over the July 2007 sales.