Toyota Could Trim Production, Still Set New Record
According to recent reports, Toyota Motor Corporation is expected to manufacture fewer vehicles in 2012 due to a struggling European market. This follows a company statement to suppliers in August that the Japanese automaker would produce 8.9 million vehicles in the coming year. Nevertheless, the estimated target of 8.65 million units will still set a new record, outpacing the previous mark of 8.53 million automobiles in 2007.
Despite cutting back production, Toyota Motor Corporation will still set new record.
New Toyota Supra Price Concern
The next-gen Supra is on the drafting board waiting for a green light but that, contrary to a recent Motor Trend report, the hesitation has less to do with FT-86 sales and more to do with sales.
If a new Toyota Supra is developed rumor has it it will look a lot like this Toyota FT-HS concept.
VIAIR 400 Portable Air Compressor – An Overview
What It Is and What It Does: The VIAIR 400 Portable Air Compressor can pump up vehicle tires and anything else that needs air with a 12-volt battery.
The VIAIR 400 Portable Air Compressor helps you with tire issues wherever you end up.
Gen-Y’s Preference For Imports Spells Trouble For Domestics
There’s a great generational divide when it comes to cars.
If you’re over 30, chances are that you see automobiles as status symbols; under 30 and you’re more likely to see them as sources of air pollution. Generation Y motorists have very different transportation consumption habits than did their Baby Boomer and Generation X predecessors. According to more than a few studies and surveys, Gen Y would rather take public transportation than buy their own cars. What’s more, when gen Y does buy cars, they prefer smaller, foreign, gas-efficient vehicles like Scions, Mitsubishis and Mazdas over familiar American brands like Ford and Chevrolet.
While it’s true that “Generation Y” is really nothing more than a nickname for a large demographic born between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, and that it’s therefore silly to make generalizations about Gen Y, it’s still very interesting to talk about this group of 80 million young people because:
- Gen Y is the largest generational cluster in American history
- Gen Y is the first to “come up” during the Internet age, which is undoubtedly a major event in human history – they will probably be different than generations that have come before
- For the first time in history, marketers have numerous tools and devices they can use to measure the preferences and behaviors of an entire age group.
If the Gen Y studies are to be trusted, there’s some very bad news for Ford, GM, and Chrysler-Fiat: The members of Gen Y don’t like the so-called “domestics.” Read more…
The Future of Tires – Bridgestone Airless Eco Tires
Recently, Bridgestone demonstrated a new prototype tire that requires requires no air and is supposed to be greener to make and recycle.
Bridgestone Airless Eco-Tires has spokes that take the place of air making them into true non-flat tires.
