Comments on: Has Asia Dethroned Detroit as the Auto Sector Leader? http://moneymorning.com/2009/11/06/asia-emerges-as-auto-leader/ Global Investment News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Buy, Sell or Hold: Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) Is Kicking Into High Gear http://moneymorning.com/2009/11/06/asia-emerges-as-auto-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-25594 Buy, Sell or Hold: Tata Motors Ltd. (NYSE: TTM) Is Kicking Into High Gear Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:01:46 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=9816#comment-25594 [...] Money Morning: Has Asia Dethroned Detroit as the Auto Sector Leader? [...] [...] Money Morning: Has Asia Dethroned Detroit as the Auto Sector Leader? [...]

]]> By: Shiva http://moneymorning.com/2009/11/06/asia-emerges-as-auto-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-8129 Shiva Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:43 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=9816#comment-8129 “…Ford will slim down to become a specialty producer of cars tailored to the tastes and needs of the U.S. market.” And this is where you lost me. 1. With development costs sky-rocketing for each model, can an automobile manufacturer break-even with localized markets? Aren't most companies now forced to make brands for the global market, to get the required numbers to break-even? 2. Why will Ford find it easy in the US with Toyota and other manufacturers breathing down their neck? US is still the biggest and a very attractive market.... In fact, Toyota would be in a position to kill Ford with economies of scale... “…Ford will slim down to become a specialty producer of cars tailored to the tastes and needs of the U.S. market.”
And this is where you lost me.

1. With development costs sky-rocketing for each model, can an automobile manufacturer break-even with localized markets? Aren't most companies now forced to make brands for the global market, to get the required numbers to break-even?
2. Why will Ford find it easy in the US with Toyota and other manufacturers breathing down their neck? US is still the biggest and a very attractive market…. In fact, Toyota would be in a position to kill Ford with economies of scale…

]]> By: Yaroukh http://moneymorning.com/2009/11/06/asia-emerges-as-auto-leader/comment-page-1/#comment-8130 Yaroukh Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:10:36 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=9816#comment-8130 "...Ford will slim down to become a specialty producer of cars tailored to the tastes and needs of the U.S. market." And this is where you lost me. "…Ford will slim down to become a specialty producer of cars tailored to the tastes and needs of the U.S. market."
And this is where you lost me.

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