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September 2008
As Consumers Across the Globe Race to Quality, Toyota's, Honda's, Nissan's, and
Mazda's Global Output Soars to Meet Demand
 By James B. Bleeker
Toyota Motor Corporation's
worldwide car and truck output rose 10.2% in July 2008, over July 2007,
to 812,147 vehicles.
Honda Motor Company's worldwide
car and truck output soared 17.7% in July 2008 to 342,152 vehicles.
Nissan Motor Company's worldwide
car and truck output soared 26.8% in July 2008 to 315,975 vehicles.
Mazda Motor Corporation's
worldwide car and truck output soared 25.5% in July 2008 to 126,025
vehicles.
This quest to meet consumer demand for
quality comes at a time when General Motors Corporation, Ford
Motor Company, and Chrysler LLC are shuttering plants, losing
U.S. market share, and posting staggering losses.
The contrast in quality between Toyota
and Honda, on the one hand, and General Motors and Chrysler, on the
other, is sharp. Toyota's 5-year Reliability Percentrank is .89 and
Honda's is .84, while Chrysler's is .38 and GM's is .31. The following
charts help depict the contrast in quality between the two pairs of
manufacturers.
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Sources for July 2008 global automobile
output: "Honda's July Global Output Jumps on Demand for Fit," Yuri Kageyama, the Associated Press, August 27, 2008, available at
detnews.com (Detroit News), and "Japanese Automakers Report July
Production Boom," Yuri Kageyama, the Associated Press, August 27, 2008,
available at freep.com (Detroit Free Press)
Source for Reliability Percentranks and Percentrank averages: Auto
on Info's
Table I-MVRP
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August 2007:
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August 2007:
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July 2007:
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July 2007:
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