Do you think that Honda and Toyota better watch their back?

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DEARBORN, Mich. , June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the second time in
its nine-year history, Ford Focus sales eclipsed the 30,000-unit milestone in
May.

Focus sales totaled 32,579, up 53 percent compared with a year ago.
Retail sales to individual customers more than doubled (up 105 percent). The
first time was October 2001 , when industry sales soared in response to
zero-percent financing.

"Our dealers are selling the Focus at unprecedented turn rates," said Jim
Farley , Ford group vice president, Marketing and Communications. "In fact,
Focus' retail sales were 91 percent of beginning inventory, which puts it in
the same league as the industry's best-selling small cars. This is a strong
statement about customer demand for Ford's newest small car."

Ford is moving to increase Focus availability. In early April, Ford
announced plans to produce 245,000 Focus units in 2008, approximately 30
percent more than in 2007. Ford now is targeting to produce 280,000 Focus
units in 2009.
 
While you probably copied and pasted that from some know-it-all website, this is also factual: Ford Explorers have been the #1 selling vehicle for a decade now. However, Ford sold some 442,000 Explorers last year. Toyota sold over 1,000,000 Priuses. There is currently a 7-month waiting period for a new Prius. Toyota is very much alive! As far as Honda goes, it has always been right up there in the Japanese Auto Manufacturing group. Ford is simply outing itself now because of its sudden caring about the fuel issues in the US, as well as their Ford-only accessories, such as Microsoft's SYNC audio software.
 
Heck, Honda and Toyota aren't the ones who need to watch their backs. They have comparable small cars on the market that has been selling well too.

The one car company that needs to watch its back is Chrysler. It has NO small car that can compete against the Focus (its smallest offering is the Sebring, which is a midsized car). No wonder Chrysler is getting crushed in the market right now and Cerberus Capital (the parent company) is losing a lot of money.
 
Not really because in a couple years a good chunk of them will be running into problems and a year or two after that they'll just no longer be on the road. How many 90's ford's do you see on the road? not too many. But i see a A LOT of 90's Civics, Accords, Camrys' n Corollas etc on the road they are really common cars even after being on the road for more than a decade of driving.
 
This is a direct reflection on gas prices.
The Focus is more affordable than a Civic and Toyota and they have a brand new body style.

Next year Ford will probably do something stupid like increase the price dramatically because of the popularity.
This will just lead people right back to Honda and Toyota.
 
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