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- From: so0z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sang-Yoon Oh)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Taurus now #1 seller?
- Message-ID: <wfMrhV200WBM86MWo8@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 19:32:17 GMT
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- Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- In-Reply-To: <1993Jan22.171808.23368@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
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- On 22-Jan-93 in Re: Taurus now #1 seller?
- user Sharen A. Rund@iscnvx.lm writes:
- >Harv - you missed a thread on this right after the 1st - during December
- >Taurus & Accord were neck & neck for first, then Ford put on a big promo
- >to shove past Accord and won (in fact of the top 10 selling cars in the
- >US, 5 of them were fords - the ford truck was also #1 in sales)
- >Sharen (89 Taurus wagon owner)
-
- I have a question on this number one selling car in the US.
- According to the articles I have read, Ford gave a big promo to rental
- car companies(dumping may be the right word here) in order to beat
- Accord.
- I don't know what the percentage of new Taurus is sold to rental car
- companies but must be a huge number.
- What is the point of having or checking who sold the most number of car???
- To inform public that which car is the best liked by majority, isn't it??
- I don't think rental car purchase is contraled by consumers(rental car
- customers). I go to rental car agent and I basically get no choice.
- (for example, I rather drive Accord or Maxima than Taurus or Lumina
- which only cars offered by major rental car companies. You don't have
- to flame me for this, I just have had bad experience with Ford and GM
- cars. It is just a my personal preference)
- I felt that some of big rental companies cannot/don't buy import
- cars.(one of those stupid rule or that domestic companies give big, I
- mean big discounts??)
- Big three are accusing Japanese car companies on dumping sale on minivans.
- Looks like they are not looking at themselves before accusing their
- competitors.
-
- In my opinion the cars sold to companies(with those ridicules discount)
- shouldn't be counted in top ten selling cars list. They should have
- separate list "top ten company cars". or give customers like me a same
- deal(price wise) which those rental car companies get.
-
- --Sang
-