Suzuki also is known as the kei-car manufacturer for most of the Japanese industry. These are the cc-powered runabouts sold mostly to farmers and other residents of rural Japan, and Suzuki's role in producing the propensity of this segment is not unlike Taiwanese bicycle brand Giant producing most bikes for other brands sold in the U. Subcompact hatchbacks seem to be gaining favor in the world's population centers, especially when reconstituted as crossovers, but Toyota does own Daihatsu, so it doesn't need help there.
Enthusiasts will hope Toyota can find a way to export the new Suzuki Jimny off-roader above , the subcompact Wrangler that Jeep should have built, but I doubt it has been designed to accept the modifications it likely needs to meet U. I suspect the underlying motives for Toyota's deal with Suzuki first relate to the protective attitude the Japanese government has toward the auto industry.
The Japanese auto industry looked ready to rule the world by the time of the global recession, and Japan's subsequent quarter-century-plus of economic malaise. Now, that country's industry remains much bigger than Japan alone, but it's not influential in every market—mostly just the considerable markets of Asia-Pacific and North America. And as part of our continuous improvement philosophy, we are always finding better ways of doing things, and ultimately make better products our customers love and trust.
Correction: The last time GM was outsold in the U. A previous version of this article misstated the time period. Skip Navigation. Key Points. But the company is not immune to the chips shortage as it drags on. Toyota said the shortage will affect production at some of its North American plants, just like with other automakers.
But Toyota's manufacturing and supply chain teams have "worked diligently to develop countermeasures" to mitigate the production impact, said Keith Robertson, Toyota's group vice president of Supply Chain Management, in an email to the Free Press. Robertson did not offer specific examples, but he said Toyota has an operational process that is a checklist of sorts the includes scenarios and alternate plans.
Earlier this month, Toyota reported sales of , vehicles in the U. Those extra vehicles sold bumped GM from the top spot. Melnyk said part of Toyota's success comes from having chip parts, at least until June, and with more parts comes more inventory, leading to more sales.
There are some other factors that have helped position Toyota to succeed even in tough times, such as a dealer body that is used to operating with a smaller inventory of vehicles.
Toyota is also "laser-focused on only producing the fastest turning combinations" and Toyota makes the final decision on all production plans, Finkelmeyer said. While dealers give input to Toyota on product, it's ultimately at Toyota's headquarters that the call on what gets built and what gets shipped to which dealers is made, Finkelmeyer said.
Many of Toyota's competitors offer more autonomy to their dealers in terms of production ordering, with the dealers submitting orders directly, he said.
GM has learned lessons from the chip crisis that reflect some of Toyota's practices. Earlier this year, Barra said that GM will not return to big levels of inventory overflowing dealers' parking lots once the crisis ends. Instead, GM will keep inventory lean, but better than it is today. That's because GM has developed tools and technology that have helped dealers efficiently track a vehicle's production cycle and make pre-sales to keep volume flowing.
Tesla is selling but not building cars in India , something that the Indian government could do more about if it wanted to. In another familiar story, car sales have rebounded in India But executives said purchases of premium and supercars, while comparatively small by international standards, were approaching their highest-ever domestic levels.
It sounds more universal to me, describing how the rich skated above the rest of the world through this pandemic. An auto parts supplier in Marysville reached an agreement Friday to recognize union representation for its employees after a week-long strike in September, the United Auto Workers announced. ZF Marysville and Stellantis jointly operate an axle plant north of St. The plant was staffed by Stellantis workers under a labor contract, the UAW said.
Their company agreed during the negotiations to transfer them to other Stellantis locations, where their representation would be recognized, and have ZF staff the plant with its own. That transfer is still in process. When a majority of ZF employees, , chose to seek collective bargaining and representation, the union said, ZF reneged on a neutrality agreement and triggered a strike. Have you driven a new Highlander?
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