Down to the Wire: GM and Toyota Almost Tied for 2007 Global Sales
General Motors finally released its total global sales numbers today, ending once and for all the debate of whether GM or Toyota is the true sales king of 2007. Well, ending might be slightly too strong of a word.
GM has reported that its global sales rose by three percent in 2007, leaving the automaker with a final score of 9,369,524 vehicles sold. No argument here.
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Toyota meanwhile has already reported that it sold 9.37 million vehicles last year, but never bothered to elaborate on that number. Specifically the Japanese giant never mentioned what its policy on “rounding
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Oollyoumn
I don't understand all this talk about GM being passed by Toyota. It already happened. According to at least 3 stories in Automotive News, the industries leading trade journal, Toyota passed GM in 2006. If I recall correctly, GM counted cars built in a jointly owned plant in China which were NOT sold under a GM brand. Once audited, those sales where credited to the majority owner of the joint venture. GM delayed the true results and no one remembers.
GM has pulled stunts like this before. Also according the Automotive News, in 1998 Lincoln passed Cadillac, but a number of the dealers falsified sales in December, and GM gave inflated number above Lincoln's. GM much later apologized, but no one remembers the GM defeat.
Given their history, I have little faith in the 07 numbers.
DOWNSHIFTER.
Since you've got the picture reversed, does that mean the sales stats are also reversed? Things are never really what they seem...
Scratch
It would appear that others are giving the crown to GM:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22801376/
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