Toyota’s U.S. Sales Surge 42%, Unhurt by February Recalls

[PBS Poll-435]

March 01, 2011, 9:39 PM EST
By Alan Ohnsman
Business Week


March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. led U.S. sales gains by Asian carmakers with a 42 percent surge in February, the biggest in at least 10 years, even after the Japanese company recalled 2.2 million vehicles last week.

Sales of Toyota, Lexus and Scion-brand vehicles last month rose by the greatest percentage of any month since 2000, said Carly Schaffner, a spokeswoman for Toyota’s U.S. sales unit. Deliveries increased 22 percent at Honda Motor Co., 32 percent at Nissan Motor Co. and 28 percent at Hyundai Motor Co., according to Autodata Corp., a Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based research company.

Our owners were pleased to see their belief in the vehicles validated” by the report, Bob Carter, group vice president for U.S. sales at the Toyota City, Japan-based carmaker, said on a conference call yesterday.

Toyota’s market share was 14.3 percent last month, up from 12.8 percent a year ago.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-01/toyota-s-u-s-sales-surge-42-unhurt-by-february-recalls.html

[david13]

1. They all have recalls. Toyota is stil one of the best cars available. dc

[HopeHoops]

2. Hey, people are dumb enough to vote Republican too.