[geeks] Microsoft Surface...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>Date: 2007/06/01 Fri PM 06:42:26 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Microsoft Surface...

>Sandwich Maker wrote:
>> " From: "Jonathan C. Patschke" <jp at celestrion.net>
>> " 
>> " 
>> " American business is in a bad way these days.  While the tech sector
>> " may be the nastiest in that regard, the automotive sector may be the
>> " first to "correct".  Did you notice that Toyota outsold all of the three
>> " major US automakers?  Funny what happens when you build reliable
>> " vehicles that people actually want to buy instead of 34 different models
>> " of ugly SUV that all squeak and rattle as you drive them off the lot.
>> 
>> and it was also noted when toyota entered nascar that the model their
>> racer is supposed to represent was the only one of the field actually
>> made in the us.  the big 3 'us' cars are made in canada and mexico.
>> 
>> otoh, while toyota has the us' best selling -car- - honda the 2nd -
>> it's only the -3rd- best selling -vehicle- here, behind 2 hulking
>> american suvs.
>
>I thought the best selling vehicle is the Ford F-150?

The wording here is very important - the issue is are trucks included or not, fleet sales or not, etc. There are various measures, and IIRC, the Taurus was thebest selling *car* in America when fleet sales were included, Honda Accord when fleet sales were not included, and the Ford F-150 was best selling of all vehicle types (cars and truck, fleet and private sales)...

Lionel