Top 6 auto manufacturers in the U.S.

[Dargo]

Could you name the order of the top 6 auto manufacturer's based on market share? Before you look, give it a shot and guess. I think you'll be surprised. Here they are:


Through the month of September, the top six multi-franchise manufacturers in the United States are, in descending order, General Motors (19.1% of the retail industry), Ford Motor Company (17.3%), Toyota Motor Sales USA (15.5%), American Honda (13.2%), DaimlerChrysler (12.7%), and Nissan North America (8.0%).

 

[Doc]

Interesting. I wonder what those figures were 20 or 30 years ago. GM had close to 50% of the market back then, didn't they?

 

[DAP]

Dargo ... I've recently read that if you factor in the new GM layoffs announced a week or so ago, that Toyota is in sole possession of 2nd place, and closer to 1st than third ...

At this point .. I must digress. Forgive the lecture, but having been paid in the past to do that type of thing, I can't seem to stop.

After WWII, Doug McArthur was charged with rebuilding Japan's economy, infrastructure and in general, the country. Historically, his reputation as a warring general left something to be desired so this was the last supposed bone thrown his way ... but I digress ....

One of the things he did was see to it that Japan learn how to manufacture. In fact, entire blue printed tool and die archives from the Ford Motor Company were used to train Japanese industrialists of the later 1940's and early 1950s.

Twasn't long, say another decade, and Japan was well on it's way to the manufacturing status it now enjoys. Great teachers coming together in unique circumstances with even BETTER students. It will be nearly impossible to unseat this king of the mountain ... there would have to be major cultural shifts in the entire American way of life before that could happen methinks.

It never ceases to amaze me how arrogant, stubborn and completely unaccountable some of Corp. USA remains. I guess that will continue until someone/something changes it.

Twon't be me ... I need to improve my fly casting. I haven't even BEGUN learning how to tie yet either.

 

[thcri]

Interesting. I wonder what those figures were 20 or 30 years ago. GM had close to 50% of the market back then, didn't they?

I don't know if it was 50% but it was up there. You also have to figure in that 20 or 30 years ago the foreign cars were not as strong. You only had GM, Ford and Chrysler for the most part. One thing I have noticed also is many years ago the foreign cars made their way into the United States in little back rooms of the main dealerships. Today I notice they are forcing the top 3 dealers to build buildings just for their foreign cars now. No more sharing buildings and no more in the back rooms. Even sharing the front spot of the show room isn't acceptable. They have a lot of power. With GM's trouble it could put Ford as the front runner but how long. In 20 years GM, Ford and Chrysler may not exist.


murph

 

[Kubota King]

Not sure I agree with all of them not existing but I could see chysler & nissan dissapearing in the far future.