View Single Post
Old 05-11-2009, 03:44 PM   #17
FNKNSTN
Banned
 
Drives: A Black Car
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 800
Quote:
Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
Scion sales figures, April 2009...

Scion xB: 2,036 units sold, down 51.8%
Scion tC: 1,526 units sold, down 63%
Scion xD: 880 units sold, down 69.8%

No idea where he got the idea that scions are "hot cars" because sales are in the dump right now.

And by the way, if toyota has a shitload of money saved up, why were they down to around $18 billion in cash a few months ago and had to take out loans from the Japanese government?
Again, look at all the combined numbers compared to the combined numbers of the GM brands. A bigger company can afford to lose more than a smaller company can.

Those Scion sales are down so drastically because they were up so high a couple years ago! You get it? "Down 69%" - Down from where? Down from being on top of the world! That's from where!

Starbucks was down 99% last year. 99% would kill a small company. But the Starbucks' in my neighborhood are still open.

What would happen if GM sales were down 99%? - They'd close up shop, that's what they'd do.
FNKNSTN is offline