Comments on: Toyota halves profit on sales downturn

By: Tomas79

Tomas79 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:01:07 +0000

realcars Says:”
Use the one platform for nearly every model and sell the same thing worldwide and u make a profit.”

Yes, thats what a Global platform of a true world class car enables!!

By: realcars

realcars — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:59:43 +0000

Why do we give them money?

We are a soft touch!

By: realcars

realcars — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:57:36 +0000

“u can have any colour as long as it a Camry derivative”

By: realcars

realcars — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:54:21 +0000

Use the one platform for nearly every model and sell the same thing worldwide and u make a profit.

By: Frontman

Frontman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:22:40 +0000

Hmmm $123.4 Mil net profit…. Suplemented by 35 mil from Mr K Rudd and another 35 mil from the Victorian government… added to absolutely no expenditure on design or engineering… life must be difficult under those circumstances.

Yes GM and Ford got money off Govco, but the majority (I’ll speak Ford wise here) is tied to at least a dollar for dollar investment rather than an open grant……

By: Not Another Toyota Basher

Not Another Toyota Basher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:21:53 +0000

It’s not hard to make money by offering an “off the shelf product”, assemble it here with little to no R and D, and pump them out to the great rental / government massers. well done the big T for keeping production here and not importing the same thing from Thailand, but my guess is the profits came from their Imports not the local or exports divisions.

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:15:24 +0000

How was Toyota OZ allowed to make a profit when Toyota Global lost heaps? Did they get their transfer pricing stuffed up, or was the profit due to the subsidy from the OZ taxpayers?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:12:25 +0000

Devil666 Says:
“But Figjam, I thought white goods was always a profitable business!”

Well judging by the status of the local white good taxi manufactures, it obviously isn’t!

By: Shak

Shak — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:09:49 +0000

Devil666 ur correct. Now if they were producing quality cars like the rest of the automotive industry, they would be bleeding money. THey deserve to lose money.

By: Carz

Carz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:07:54 +0000

That’s good news! Toyota produces great cars. I’m not really surprised that they were able to increase profit. Kudos Toyota!

By: Devil666

Devil666 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:05:05 +0000

But Figjam, I thought white goods was always a profitable business!

By: figjam

figjam — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:54:36 +0000

At least THEY made a profit! unlike some!