Toyota Extends 0% Financing, Annoying Ads

October was universally a brutal month for car manufacturers, but some companies were hit harder than others. GM saw its average daily sales rate drop 45%, and Ford saw decreases of 29%. Comparitively, Toyota’s decrease of 24% doesn’t seem so bad. What saved the Japanese automaker?

Toyota’s could-have-been-worse numbers likely had something to do with its financing offer in October, which gave customers 0% financing on 11 models in its lineup. Buoyed by the sales, Toyota is extending the offers for another month, making them available until the end of November.

The downside to this is that your TVs — and brains — will again be invaded by Toyota’s utterly brutal “Saved By Zero” commercials. You know the ones. These are the sacrifices we make for affordable financing, we guess.

The models included are listed below:

• Camry
• Tundra
• FJ Cruiser
• Corolla
• RAV4
• Matrix
• Sienna
• 4Runner
• Highlander
• Tacoma
• Sequoia

Comments

[maxwell]

Today's Wall Street Journal has a story about Toyota laying off people at their main Japan location - Toyota City.

[Juan Carlos]

things are slow and why make them in japan when you can make them in kentucky where is (probably) cheaper and closer to the end market.

Someone with the name of Eamonn calling the Toyota ads annoying is very funny. Do you even know who your father is?

[Fern]

As far as I know the Tundra plant in San Antonio has stopped their activity.

[Juan Carlos]

that is temp i think. workers are still getting a paycheck as they do other duties. gas prices and tthe tundra hasn't been selling that well anyway.

[Tony]

I heared they will retool the Tundra plant to make Camrys