Now Bret raises a very good point.
the emphasis is on superior toyota “company” and not “product”.

the proof is in the pudding that the 2 biggest sellers for toyota is the corolla and Hilux BUT neither of them are actually near the top of their class for ability or what they offer.
its the same with the VE commodore, which you quite often remind us as being a joke yet it is the #1 seller. is that a sign of superior product or superior marketing? Marketing of course. holden has created a very good image surrounding the commodore hence people “just want one”

it can also be said that the 3 top sellers here in OZ are seen as “default” choices in each of their categories because neither of the 3 are class leading vehicles but rather the sales result of very good marketing

i do agree with you that holdens fleet has no consistancy in that one minute they pour 1 billion into one car and then go and import dirt cheap shyte boxes (Daewoos).

once again who cares that one brand sells more than the other unless you have shares in them.
is a toyota or GM product better than a porsche because they sell more?

Great example – from light cars to large, SUVs, off-road vehicles, hybrids to commercials and people movers … each and every example they offer are amoung the most competitive in their respective field while more Toyota’s fill the top ten best sellers these days in Australia then any other manufactuer.

Now… lets take note of Holden – apart from the higher spec Commodores – the rest of thier fleet ranges from ‘very average’ to the ’some of the worst’ … PERIOD

So while Toyota provide a consistantly highly competitive fleet right across it’s entire board – Holden is up, down and all over the place offering absolutely no consistancy what so ever.

That said – despite some increased issues of late – Toyota has constantly and consistantly remained amoung the best performers for maintaining quality, dependable and, durable vehicles while rating extremely high in customer satisfaction ratings.

That said – lets be frank …- Holdens and Fords are undeniably amoung the worst performers of all… PERIOD !!

So basically to the point of it all – despite Toyota’s diverse range of vehicles … they have maintained consistancy unlike Holden despite thier smaller field.

And while Holden offers pretend luxury cars – Toyota has Lexus offering the world with some of the finest appointed luxury vehicles in the world today.

So lets face it – Toyota have got it all over Holden and Ford in todays society to the point that they outsold Holden by 90 000 units last year up from 66 000 the year before while beginning to make a habit of outselling Holden and Ford combined on some given months and that sort of genocide just simply does not happen by mistake.

Much unlike GM and Ford – Toyota is undeniable one of the world’s most balanced automotive manufactuers today and growing stronger and more influential by the year.

Toyota products are good, so are many others.

My point was simply that market dominance is not necessarily an indicator of the best product. Toyota do not build the worlds best cars accross all of their ranges, in fact some are quite poor compared to their direct competitors – Get over it!

The situation the American trio have found themselves in just proves that those brands are not all cracked up to be what some people so religiously believe.

Get over it – obviously Toyota in the modern world is a far superior automotive manufactuer then the American owned companies.

Whats more important is that BigT have a better product, better engineered and better made…The market has spoken!

Cheers

F-0

and toyota doesnt have europe either. ford pretty reigns through there

School holidays still… ;)

i was just having a go at the way they are or are not able to count sales of particular brands