Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE:TM)

Long term position to dominate market once car purchases pickup again.

best cars in a tight market

Still overvalued, no plan to deal with slump.

great cars...great future company

strong fundamentals. will rebound with market.

While TM is a well run company, certainly better than the US automakers, they can not elude the macroeconomic factors present in the US. Soon people will not be looking at 2 cars per house as a necessity, and new cars are going to be selling like in-ground swimming pools for the next few years.

Okay, let's grab hold of our wits and think forward a year, two years, four years. Do we REALLY think that no one is going to buy a car between now and then? Of course the car market will return. Once financing starts rolling again, people will buy cars. Face it, we LOVE cars. Everybody loves cars - esp Americans. Taking the bus? Cmon. Bicycles? Get real.

So the only question is: who is best positioned to thrive in the recovery, and what is their stock trading at today. TM is the best run car co in the world, the best positioned for the Cars of Tomorrow (electric), and may be the best Manufacturer of ANY kind. Everyone wants to be like them. They DEFINE quality.

At anything below 70 dollars, TM is a great buy now, and I think you can hold it to 100 dollars per share with no worries.

Along with AAPL, one of the VERY few buy and hold stories in the world today.

solid

Toyota is a very well managed corporation with a history of leading the automotive marketplace. Toyota's last quarter's earnings were the first time they have been negative, ever! I view TM in the 60s as a good value with a target price of 100 within a 2 year time frame. As others have said, they are among the leaders in low-emissions high-mpg vehicles, have one of the best or the best reputation in the mkt, and are constantly innovating. We live in a world addicted to automobiles, and TM does the auto the best.

Love my Prius. Literally.

Even though Toyota is suffering from the economy right now, it's temporary for this and other japanese car makers. I only drive Toyota/Honda/Nissan because they are the best cars available for the money. Toyota will adapt very quickly and re-emerge as a dominant player in the car market especially since the big 3 are having their issues and consumers want a solid company that will be around for a long time. The Toyota quality speaks for itself, my 4runner gave me 165k miles and very few issues in comparison to the 10 other cars my family has owned in the past 10 years. I don't own shares yet but I'm sure going to be buying some as soon as things start getting a little more stable w/ the economy.

Toyota is just like all industrial companies with high fixed costs and high debt loads ($145B in debt).

It will get scalped when sales volumes fall and fixed costs remain the same. Additionally it's biggest competitors are getting leaner and more competitive.

Toyota's golden age has just ended

No GM = No (significant American) competition

The impending demise of the Detroit 3 as we know them will have a downward pressure on Toyota, not least of which is because of excess inventory being dumped on the market in the short term.

However, Toyota has proven itself much more adaptable, and has a proven ability to make money in tough times (even though they are about to post their first ever loss).

Long term I believe Toyota will easily be the dominant auto manufacturer, and with oil prices set to increase again(next 12mths), best positioned to take advantage of what will be significant demand for fuel efficient vehicles.

The current slump in oil prices is very short term, oil is a finite resource and sooner or later will rise in cost back to the $100 mark.

Consumers worry about the stability of US auto makers, and they will not buy a car if they worry about the auto makers heading bankruptcy. Foreign automakers have proven to make vehicles that consumers want in terms of quality, value and practicality.

TM and other foreign car makers will benefit from downsizing of Big Three.

Fuel efficiency plus bankrupt American competitors... Sales increasing in Asia.

Toyota has been leading the industry in green car technologies with their Prius. They are in a very good position to move forward as green car technology is pushed to the forefront in the next few years.

Again with the good cars and cheap stock!