Is Toyota going to buy GM soon?

Question

Toyota is worth about 10x what GM is worth... what are they waiting for?

They can only make it better, since Detroit has run the American car companies into the ground.... the only place to go is up.

Answer 1

Again, knowing TOYOTA from the inside, I would say, ...NEVER!!, Toyota would never buy GM, not because it is on the ground, but because of respect to GM and to the american people. Sure they would make GM get to where it belongs and where it was like ... a thousand years ago, but that will not happen. I guess if Toyota does something, it will be just help GM to get better, may be even infuse some money on it, and they will give and teach with open arms their TPS (toyota production system), it is up to GM and America if they take advantage of it or if keep thinking (as Iacoca once said) "it is all japan's fault..."

Answer 2

No.  That wouldn't benefit either company since they compete for every vehicle.  It wouldn't benefit the US either because with all the extra cars competing against either they would just cancel half of them, shut down the plants, get rid of the employees, and extra suppliers which would cost more American jobs.

Toyota has already had quality problems because they grew so fast.  Doubling the size of the company would just make them worse.  The view from the top isn't as easy as Toyota thinks.  They have been repeating the Big 3 mistakes from 30 years ago.

Answer 3

Not gonna happen.  There's no point for Toyota to do it.

And in regards to Renato's answer... GM knows well the Toyota's TPS.... NUMMI builds thousands of cars for GM and Toyota jointly...  

Answer 4

Bad idea....GM is diseased.

They should just sit back and watch GM die.

Answer 5

Toyota does not need to buy GM. They already "OWN" them. Why waste the money. Toyota only invests in emerging technology. They don't want or need what GM has to offer ( twenty year old design structure and an out of control union).

If some gung ho junior member of Toyota's board were to suggest this they would make him fall on his sword.

Answer 6

Why would they buy c**p? It would be a big mistake like buying Land Rover or Jaguar.

Answer 7

Why?  They are making 12billion a 1/4 profit and have over taken all car companies in sales.