Top 10 Consumer Service Companies To Invest In Right Now

Top 10 Consumer Service Companies To Invest In Right Now: Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord(TM)

Toyota Motor Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, assembly, and sale of passenger cars, minivans, and commercial vehicles. It offers conventional engine vehicles, including subcompact and compact cars under the Corolla, Yaris, micropremium iQ, Passo, Ractis, Vitz, and Etios brand names; mini-vehicles, passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and auto parts under Toyota brand name; mid-size cars under the Camry, REIZ, Avensis, and Mark X brand names; luxury cars under the Lexus and Crown brands; Century limousine; sports cars under the Scion tC and Lexus brands; sport-utility vehicles under the Sequoia, 4Runner, RAV4, Highlander, FJ Cruiser, and Land Cruiser brands; pickup trucks under the Tacoma and Tundra brands; minivans under the Alphard, Vellfire, Corolla Verso, Wish, Hiace, Regius Ace, Estima, Noah, Voxy, Sienta, Isis, Passo Sette, and the Sienna brands; cabwagons; large, medium, and small trucks; and large, small, and micro-buses. The company also provides hybrid cars under Prius and Crown brands. In addition, it offers a range of financial services comprising retail financing, retail leasing, wholesale financing, and insurance; and credit cards and housing loans. Further, the company designs and manufactures prefabricated housing, as well as involves in the information technology related businesses, such as an e-commerce marketplace known as GAZOO.com; and sales promotions for KDDI communication related products, primarily the au brand. It sells its vehicles in approximately 170 countries and regions, including Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Toyota City, Japan.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Bloomberg]

  AP The criminal investigation that opened Wednesday into General Motors' handling of an ignition flaw linked to 13 deaths adds to legal challenges that threaten to overshadow the company's tur! naround. GM (GM), the largest U.S. automaker, is now at the beginning of a potentially years-long road dotted with inquiries, lawsuits, government fines and public skepticism. Besides the U.S. Justice Department probe, GM must answer to Congress, the Transportation Department and lawyers the company hired to investigate itself. Toyota Motor (TM) is still being examined over recalls in 2009-10 related to reports of unintended acceleration in some cars. GM similarly faces repercussions for waiting to recall 1.6 million vehicles last month, even though records show it was aware as far back as 2004 of ignition switches that could slip out of position, cutting off power and deactivating air bags. The crisis arrives weeks after Mary Barra took over as chief executive officer amid rising investor and consumer optimism as GM shook off the last vestiges of its 2009 bankruptcy. "Barra is getting her feet thrown right into the fire," Dave Sullivan, an industry analyst with Southfield, Mich.-based AutoPacific, said in an interview. "There's no way she is going to come out of this looking like some kind of hero. The best thing is to be honest and upfront and hopefully put this to bed as quickly as possible." A spokesman for Detroit-based GM, Greg Martin, declined to comment. Martin said March 10 the company was cooperating with regulators and lawmakers and that it welcomed the opportunity to help "parties have a full understanding of the facts." Consumer Lawsuits GM tumbled 5.1 percent to $35.18 Wednesday, its worst one-day share drop at the close since March 2012. While the immediate financial impact of GM's recall of Chevrolet Cobalts, Pontiac G5s and other vehicles is "insignificant," some hard-to-quantify reputational risk is emerging, Joseph Spak, an RBC Capital Markets a

• [By Douglas A. McIntyre]

  Both Hyundai and VW have a great deal to lose as their market shares erode in the United States. VW claims it is on a path to pass General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) and Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:! TM) as t! he world’s largest car company. Hyundai’s sales put it in fourth place among all global manufacturers. It needs to have a growing share of the American market to keep that place as well.

• [By Daniel Miller]

  Best global green brands
  Recently Interbrand, the world's leading brand consultancy, released its annual "Best Global Green Brands" report. Surprisingly to some, the automotive sector dominated, with Toyota (NYSE: TM  ) , Ford, and Hondaowning the top three spots -- in that order. Automakers also make up 50% of the top 10, with Nissan ranking fifth,and Volkswagen in at No. 7. Nissan was even named the most improved, jumping 16 spots from last year to its No. 5 ranking.

• [By Matt DiLallo]

  Ford (NYSE: F  ) recently reported its best hybrid sales quarter ever. Both its Fusion and C-MAX hybrids are attracting new customers to the brand who bought more than 21,000 of Ford's hybrids last quarter. Meanwhile, Toyota (NYSE: TM  ) recently reported that it has now sold over 5 million hybrids since 1997. Both companies are enjoying the financial success of selling more fuel-efficientcars to help alleviate our pain at the pump.

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