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Toyota’s Operating Profit Falters on Yen Exchange, Car Strategy – Time Invest in Toyota Tundra?
Toyota announced its operating profit fell 15 percent in the latest quarter and they are lowering their annual forecast to a four-year low. Executives blame the profit loss on a strong Yen affecting exchange rates and the changing appetites of U.S. consumers who simply aren’t buying staple models – Camry, Corolla and Prius – like they used to according to an Autonews.com story. Toyota says they will respond by cutting payroll and looking for additional savings. While that is a short-term fix, the long-term solution, I think, should be reacting to the market trends and investing more resources into the Tundra.
The Toyota Prius is a perfect example of the changing face of the U.S. consumers buying habits in that it isn’t selling that well compared to Japan where it is a perennial top seller.
