12/07/2008 08:20. With increased gas prices consumers are not looking to buy a pickup truck. According to autonews.com , the demand for pickup trucks has fallen more than 40% since January. Toyota has come up with a plan to shut down the less than year old Tundra plant in San Antonio. The plan consists of closing the plant for three months (to begin in August). This should then reduce Toyota being overstocked with the popular Tundra pickup truck.

The reason for the change is to reduce inventory by quite a bit and relieve much felt pressure of the sales team. Compared to June of 2007, this year sales of the Tundra has fallen a whopping 53%, according to Toyota . Toyota thinks this is the best plan for the company and they will strive to continue to be the #1 requested vehicle manufacturer.

Just because... // Associated Content

Total: 3 news articles
First News Article: Triangle Business Journal, 11/07/2008 01:42