Car Manufacturers Stats

[solder_guy]

Car Manufacturers Stats:

 

GM Ford And Chyrsler sell 112 different car and truck models through 15 brands in the USA.

 

Toyota, Honda and Nissan have 58 different models sold through seven brands.

 

GM alone has 70 models across eight brands.

GM has 6,700 dealers and 14,000 franchises.

 

Toyota has 30 models via two brands.

Toyota has 1,200 dealers and 16,00 franchises.

 

Source: NYTimes Dec 2nd, 2008

 

Rob

 

[solder_guy]

In 2000 GM decided to shut down its Oldsmobile division. It took four years and more than $1 billion to accomplish this. Same NYTimes article.

 

Rob