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gzzzz!!! toyota belongs back in japan not here!!!
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Production Chevy Monte Carlos contain 90% North American sourced parts, can you show me some facts that indicate the Camry contains more?
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HondaF1Fanatic,
Now it's your turn to tell us how a company(Toyota) that imports 46% of it's cars from Japan, which would be over 1 million cars per year ,is more American than GM, Ford or Chrysler.
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And if you want to talk about Xenophobia, Japan as a nation is virtually the epitome of that word. Trust me, I could start pasting link after link of Japans' quite famous Xenophobia. To me it's a good justified reason to have a reciprocal policy of keeping them out of traditional American racing.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/21/automo...nyt&emc=rss
"In 2006, 46 percent of Toyota’s vehicles were imported from Japan compared with 38.4 percent in 2005 and 37 percent in 2004.
Toyota sold 2.54 million vehicles in the United States last year, a record for the automaker, which passed DaimlerChrysler to rank third behind General Motors and the Ford Motor Company. It has forecast that its American sales will rise to 2.68 million this year.
Toyota accounts for 9 percent of automotive manufacturing jobs in the United States and roughly 16 percent of the vehicle market, while G.M. accounts for 29 percent of the jobs and about 24 percent of the market, Mr. Doyle said.
“We lose 10 for every one job that they bring,” Mr. Doyle said.
And despite the start of Camry production here, Toyota will still import 60,000 Camrys from Japan this year, Mr. Lentz said. Along with that, Toyota also expects to import about 70,000 more Priuses than in 2006, when it sold just under 107,000 in the United States."
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Ford doesn't need a new engine, they've been competative every year since NASCAR gave them their new Cylinder design not that long ago. 03 and 04 had Ford drivers win the championship, and the last two years saw Ford get the runner up spots. Wasn't too anlong ago all Rousch's Fords made the chase, and Yates has always been known for having the engines that get down the staright away. If Ford has lost something it is in the handling, Nose or body, they've got the engine. I didn't expect Toyota to do good out of the gates when up against all the money Chevy puts in, but I would like to see Gibbs go to Toyo personally. I like Toyota, lets see what a good team can do.