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Old 09-06-2015, 02:43 PM   #631
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Originally Posted by strat61caster View Post
I was always under the impression that these numbers are gathered from Toyota as a corporate entity, not the dealers reporting and feeding back to end up on this website, for all we know 600+ of the cars reported for August could be sitting on dealer lots, but Toyota got paid to drop them off so they are 'sold'.

Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but if so then these numbers would essentially be 'supply line' figures not end sales data.

Then again, looking up the RX-8 on this site shows 1 sold in 2012 so maybe it is true sales as I doubt Mazda shipped one lone unit for January 2012.
Not on computer so don't have access to my links but the site that gives the numbers states they are " direct sales to the consumer " or something along those lines. I have tried many times to locate the manufactured numbers for each month but they just don't seem available. Makes sense really since if there are a bunch sitting tucked away someplace then they do not want the stockholders getting too skittish.
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