>Toyota Motor said on Tuesday its global vehicle sales and production fell for a second straight month in August, as declines in China, the US and the Middle East persisted after dragging down results in the prior month.>The world's biggest automaker saw global sales fall 6.4% from a year earlier to 790,743 vehicles and production drop 5.9% to 700,860 vehicles.>A 22.8% plunge in China dragged sales down for a seventh consecutive month, as higher petrol prices weighed on demand for hybrid and traditional combustion-engine vehicles.>Sales in the US, Toyota's top market, fell 4.4%, while those in the Middle East slumped 37.5%, offsetting a 9.1% rise in Japan.>Production was pulled down by an 11.3% drop in China and a 6.6% decline in the US. Output in Japan fell 1.7%, in part due to the impact of production suspensions following an earthquake on the southern island of Kyushu.>Toyota's figures include its luxury Lexus brand.https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/toyota-august-sales-production-fall-second-straight-month-2026-09-29/
Is this war in the middle east + associated gas prices driving down demand for cars in general?How's it compare to the rest of the industry?
>>543481423increased demand for EVs and a slump for combustion engines, some are faring better some are faring worse than toyota
>>543480898Most companies are shells of their former selves, Toyota being one of the worst riding it’s coattails from the 90s
>>543481423Both of those are driving down demand for ICEs and hybrids, not cars in general.
Private car ownership should be an enthusiast only thing tbqh, normals and subhumans should be priced out of it.t./o/
>>543482054kys kike
Toyota is retarded. Make something like a fiat sized car that isn't some retarded 3 cylinder triple turbo. Also make the tundra a v8 again. Bring back the FJ cruiser. The modern Tacoma and tundra are basically the same size.
>>543481423>Buying a gas car in 2026Chinese really should be thanking that orange retard in chief
>>543482054That's the plan
>>543480898try making good reliable fuel efficient cars for a reasonable pricethen people will buy them
charge thousands and thousands of dollars no one has . give them the option to make payments. charge thousands of dollars more, they have to spend thousands to fix anything that goes wrong. GOOD im glad sales are down
toyota forgot its roots, a normie car for young minds that cant afford the status quo.
>>543481962Also, Toyota's sales have been dropping for 7 straight months, so it started before the war. January was a 6% drop YoY.
>>543480898Only reason to buy a Japanese car is if you live in a kiked country like the US they won't let you buy a Chinese one
>>543482322Are they not? Things like Camrys are decent enough iirc
>>543480898You motherfuckers are retarded, literal fucking imbeciles.
>>543480898Sorry but I just don't care about modern cars anymore
RETARDS DONT LISTEN TO THIER COMMUNITY THATS WHAT THEY FUCKING GET BETTER CONSIDER JDM BITCH STOP SHORTING OUT YOUR CONSUMERS WITH BULLSHIT EV/SURVEILLANCE UGLY CORPORATE NPC DESIGNED SLOP GET BACK TO YOUR ROOTS OF (STREET) RACING
>>543482198Toyota's identity was safe, reliable, duablilty and dependability, and they threw it all away to chase higher margins (like everyone else did). I have my fifth gen 4runner regularly serviced at the local dealership, and I tell them whenever they ask that I do not forsee buying any of their products ever again, that they were all garbage. I have enough vehicles that pending some natural disaster, I will never need a new one ever again.
