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- From: nsx@cba.ufl.edu (Mark Sterling)
- Subject: Re: Taurus now #1 seller?
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- Organization: College of Business, University of Florida
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:31:02 GMT
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- In article <wfMrhV200WBM86MWo8@andrew.cmu.edu> so0z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Sang-Yoon Oh) writes:
-
- >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
-
-
- Honda doesn't sell to the rental companies because Honda won't give them
- fleet discounts. Also, I think Honda is limited to the amount of cars they
- are able to bring into the US, and if they can sell all of those to private
- customers, there is no need to give fleet discounts. However, the Accord is
- made in Ohio, and considered domestic. I'm not quite sure how that deal
- works.
-
- Honda was also accused of dumping the Civic in 90 or 91, but the accusers
- could not prove it.
-
- Mark Sterling
- NSX@chip.cba.ufl.edu
-