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Toyota Prius, 180,000 orders for May

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Lionheart

SOH-CM-2014
Hey guys and gals,


So, in todays rough economy, where car companies are falling apart, and dismantling right and left, guess who has 180,000 orders for the month of May alone, for one type of car??? lol... Toyota cannot seem to sell enough of the Prius.

The people know what they want.

My brother was telling me about this. He said, that in the top 20 cars, (I have no idea of the rating, and by who), that Toyota had 10 or 11 of those rankings, and that Ford had 2, and they were the highest of the American makers.

Crazy times..



Bill
 
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You see, it's still a toyota. I don't care where it's manufactured. It's still a Toyota. I'll buy Fords even when they're built in Canada.
 
"What does your Toyota Prius sound like?"

"Whaw..."

:icon_lol:

VW Jetta TDI Cean Diesel. 57 MPG
 
When they make an electric pickup that'll pull a loaded horse trailer for 500 miles on one charge, then I might be interested. ;)
 
When they make an electric pickup that'll pull a loaded horse trailer for 500 miles on one charge, then I might be interested. ;)
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In due time... Many think technology will happen just cuz a politicain, or celeb snaps his fingers. That old saying... those who cry the loudest, know the least.
I'll take that VW clean diesel anyday before a Prius. What an ugly car!
If the 'whir' of an electric car makes you think they are all gutless, check this... 1,000 HP, zero to 60 in 2.3 seconds.. Electric.
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400 volt socket! just what every home has...
 
I like it when there's no smog more than the average person, but I'm still waiting for someone to tell me how DRASTICALLY increasing our consumption of electricity can ever be a good thing.


PS: I'd most likely be all in if Ford or Chrysler were to release a good electric. I just can't stomache that Toyota.
 
Piglet said:
In due time... Many think technology will happen just cuz a politicain, or celeb snaps his fingers. That old saying... those who cry the loudest, know the least.
I'll take that VW clean diesel anyday before a Prius. What an ugly car!
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Me too. "This baby halls!"
 
Piglet said:
I'll take that VW clean diesel anyday .......
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I just noticed you said this. How right you are!! In England, they have these awesome turbo diesels that do'nt sound or smell like diesels, and they're sporty and fast. I want one here!! The last time I went to RIAT, my rental was a turbocharged Focus hatchback. How awesome is that!!
 
tigisfat said:
You see, it's still a toyota. I don't care where it's manufactured. It's still a Toyota. I'll buy Fords even when they're built in Canada.
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whats wrong with toyotas?? tough and reliable cars ... or is it just the "i'll only buy american" attitude over anything else?
 
My mother is into her second Avalon. Fantastic cars.

I have always been impressed with the Prius. I see them as a pretty smart looking car. Cool lines on such a small compact. The interior is also a little ahead of its time.

There was a Prius up at the camp I was at this weekend that caught my eye. I had to stop and take a photo of it, lol.. I know, sounds crazy. Ive always liked them. They are radical. Not your usual car.
 
You know, my wife and I tested a Prius. Didn't like it, didn't like it one bit.

Number one: it's ugly as home-made soap!

Number two: the instrument panel (if you can call it that) is in the center of the dash. Not for me.

Number three: the cheapest one on the dealer lot was $27.400 and these thing get no discopunts!

So we test drove a Honda Insight. Way above the Prius in styling. Smaller than the Prius, but not my much. It actually drives like a car. Super ergonomics locations for all functions. Price: a little over $20,000.

End result: wife bought the Honda Insight.

Caz
 
stiz said:
whats wrong with toyotas?? tough and reliable cars ... or is it just the "i'll only buy american" attitude over anything else?
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Stiz,

Fords sold here in the US are built in Canada, the US, and Mexico.

Most Toyotas sold here are built here. The world is truly becoming "a clockwork orange". :icon_lol:

Piglet, my wife loved the VW Jetta TDI clean diesel Sportwagon, but I am afraid one look at the near $30,000. price tag took all the glamor out of it.
 
I've been driving turbo diesels for years, having previously owned hot hatch GTi's. I'm currently driving a BMW 320d but my ideal diesel family car would be the twin turbo'd BMW 535d.
 
Toyotas are built in Tennesee, no?

I test drove a Prius, and wasn't comfortable with the centre-mounted instruments, but could have lived with that except for the cargo space being too small. For a few dollars more you can get the Camry Hybrid - a beautiful piece of engineering.

Drove a Porche 911 last week, at close to 100 mph, on a country road - and was still in third gear. Now that's a car! :)

Mike
 
I remember the "Scorched Earth Policy" in China, where every man, woman and child in every village were killed. I remember the Rape of Nanking. I remember the Panay. I can distincly remember the sneaky, cowardly, bombing of Pearl Harbor. I remember the Phillipines Death March. I can very well remember when thousands of my shipmates were murdered by useless Kamikaze attacks.
For those reasons I would never buy a Toyota. Maybe they're made in the U.S. The profits all go back to the land of the Rising Sun. Their charter and destiny is the ultimate rule of the Orient.
They have little arable land. They have no resources. They are dependent on other countries for goods and materials as well as food. Not in my limited lifetime, but believe me, Japan will rise again. The people that buy the Prius only will allow this to happen.
Sad to say, not a lot of people share these memories that I have.
 
HD, my father fought in that conflict and never, ever bought Japanese, complained when the USA started receiving sheet metal from Japan. I understand and understood.

But the fact that their homogeneous society takes greater pride in their products and produce products (in particular automobiles) that are far, far superior to anything the USA has made in the past 30 years, and the fact that they still make automobiles that the public still want, i.e. station wagons, sometimes one is left with no choice! You name me one American manufacturer that manufactures a station wagon! No, they do not have men of your merit in charge any more HD. These doofs want SUVs and Utes masquerading as station wagons!

The same can be said for Japan, the old school has and is dying out. But the difference is, that the pride of their forefathers was passed on and the pride of gentlemen like you were lost in the liberal implosion of the 1960s!

Now don't get me wrong and I don't want to get two-party political here, because I am as liberal as they come, but lot in the sense of the liberal left. I am libertarian, I still believe in essential freedoms the current two-party system denies. I still believe strongly in the traditional tenets of our founding fathers. Very strongly.

And part of those tenets stated that the states could trade freely with any nation of their choice.

Caz
 
Helldiver said:
I remember the "Scorched Earth Policy" in China, where every man, woman and child in every village were killed...
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you're being a ww2 vet, i can understand why you feel that way. my father was on a sub chaser in the pacific. the facts are though,that the ideals that caused japan to think they way they did back then are long gone. japanese society is wholly different today than it was back in '31 when they invaded manchuria, or to be really accurate, the whole thing began in the early part of last century when they left the fuedal system behind and embraced industrialism. (which was encouraged by the west, including the u.s.a.) that's when they invaded korea and surrounding areas. wanna guess where they bought their weapons from? i'll give ya 3 guesses and the first 2 don't count. do you know who taught them modern warfare? (because there was a profit to be made)
the world today is not the same place. japan has learned they can have their cake and eat it too. as a monetary power they are very strong. war would only ruin that. they know which side of the bread has butter on it. during ww2 it was neccessary for victory to think of them as evil. that's not the case anymore, and hasn't been for a long time. if you really wanna hate somebody, there are more useful places to point the fire at, enemies that are more current. i give you all the respect but, really, the war has been over for an entire generation.
 
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