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Toyota Motors North America President Honored

This weekend, the Automotive Hall of Fame presented the prestigious Industry Leader Award to Toyota Motors North America President James E. Press for the year 2006. The award was given to Press for having demonstrated and shown outstanding leadership in the industry. After all, the company which he leads has enjoyed much success in the past year. The presentation of the award is in conjunction with the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Convention held in Las Vegas.

Other citations given during the event include the institute’s oldest award which dates back to 1940. This is the Distinguished Service Citation and it was given to six industry leaders. The recipients of the distinguished service citation are: Dr. Amar G. Bose, Chairman and CEO, Bose Corp.; Jeffrey A. Cook, Technical Leader for the Ford Motor Company; Allan D. Gilmour, Vice Chairman, CFO (retired), Ford Motor Company; Timothy D. Leuiette, Chairman, President and CEO, Metaldyne Corp.; Elizabeth Lowery, Vice President, Environment and Energy, General Motors Corp.; and Phil Smart Sr., Chairman, Phil Smart Mercedes-Benz. The citations given to these six industry leaders are described to be given to those individuals “who have provided distinguished service to the automotive industry and to the recipients’ respective organizations” as per Jeffrey Leestma, the President of the Automotive Hall of Fame said.

The award given to Press comes on the heel of the recently posted sales figures of Toyota for January this year which shows their continued success that the company has carried over from last year. In North America, Toyota has sold 178,850 vehicles which becomes their best ever performance for the said month. The figure shows a 5.1 percent increase over their performance last year. Both the Toyota and the Lexus divisions have broken their sales record for the month of January. The Toyota division posted a 4.7 percent increase over January 2006 sales while Lexus has bested their January 2006 sales by 8 percent. Scion, the youth oriented marque of Toyota, also posted strong numbers with 9,004 units sold.

The continuing success of Toyota is attributed to the work ethics of their workers and the high performance cars in their lineup. Their HEV or hybrid electric vehicle which is the Toyota Prius is fast becoming a major source of income for the Japanese company. And with continuous development of new vehicles which will boast higher performance akin to those brake parts from Active Brakes Direct, the company is on its way to take the top spot from General Motors. That is if the current trend continues and both Ford and General Motors continue their slide downwards.

The January sales figures for General Motors shows a 19.7 percent decrease in the number of vehicles they have sold. Buick, Hummer, and Pontiac have the largest decline in terms of sales of all General Motors’ marques. In fact, the only marque to have posted an improvement is Saab which improved their sales by 3.3 percent over last year’s numbers.

Another American car manufacturer which shares the same fate is the Ford Motor Company which posted a 19 percent drop in their sales. The 65 percent drop in their sales to rental companies is the main reason for the overall decline in their January 2007 sales. Just like its fellow American carmaker General Motors, the Dearborn-based car manufacture has only one marque which posted positive numbers. Lincoln sales were up by 2.7 percent over their output last year during the same period.

The continued success of Toyota and their expected rise in the ranks of giant car makers surely makes Press deserving of the award. Moreover, the distinguished service awardees are also very much deserving for their contribution to the automotive industry.

General Motors Posted Increased May Sales

The past year has seen the United States’ Big Three carmakers face their toughest challenge. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler has already taken steps to bring their companies back to profitability and with the May sales reported, General Motors looks as if it is back on the track.

Due to the additional selling day for last month as compared to May of last year, computations put General Motors’ sales figure to an increase of 4.7 percent if adjusted to the extra selling day. If unadjusted, General Motors’ sales increase is at 8.8 percent.

“Our May results were extremely positive as we saw strong total and retail sales increases,” says Mark LaNeve, the Vice-President for General Motors North American Sales, Service and Marketing. “Our significant market share gains in full-size trucks and crossovers validates the decision we made to invest in industry-leading fuel economy in these important segments,” he added.

“We are particularly pleased with the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, which pushed our full-size truck sales up more than 10 percent for the month. As with many of our vehicles, these great all-new trucks offer what the customer is looking for – best-in-class fuel economy, terrific performance and tremendous value. And our newest entry to the crossover segment, the Buick Enclave, is performing ahead of our expectations. Dealers are selling them as soon as they arrive from the plant. Our mid-size crossover segment performance, including the GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook, continues to grow at a blistering pace.”

For the month of May, General Motors sold a total of 375,682 vehicles. Last year, for the same month, the Detroit, Michigan-based car manufacturer sold 345,157 vehicles. That brings the company’s total sales for the first five months of the year to 1,596,463. That figure is lower than last year when General Motors sold 1,653,484 vehicles.

The Saturn brand indeed shows the highest increase in terms of sale of all the brands under General Motors. The effort exerted by General Motors on the development of new Saturn vehicles equipped with the Saturn strut bar and the likes resulted in a 68.6 percent sales increase. That makes the brand the biggest winner for the month of May in terms of sale. Last month, the General Motors subsidiary sold 26,905 cars and light trucks. Last year, the company only sold 15,347 vehicles.

Last year, the brand is ranked sixth in terms of sales among General Motors marques. This year though, thanks to a revitalized lineup, the company posted the fourth highest sales output among General Motors brands. The only brands which sold more vehicles than Saturn are Chevrolet, GMC, and Pontiac. Saturn has overtaken Buick and Cadillac in terms of sales for the past month.

Chevy is still the best selling brand under General Motors. Chevrolet sold 220,870 vehicles last month and that is a 1.6 percent improvement as compared to the 209,108 Chevy vehicles sold in May of last year. GMC is the second best-selling brand with 48,336 vehicles sold last month marking an 8.6 percent increase compared last year for the same month.

Pontiac also showed an increased sale at 13.7 percent when it delivered 36,325 new vehicles to consumers last month. Last year’s May saw the brand sell 30,728 new vehicles. Buick, Cadillac, Hummer, and Saab all suffered declining sales last month.