| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : JULY 5, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY
Honda vs. the Giants Honda sells one-quarter as many vehicles as GM and one-half as many as
Toyota. Yet its earnings are almost as high as either one
REVENUES* NET INCOME VEHICLE SALES
BILLIONS BILLIONS MILLIONS
GM $161 $2.9 8.1
DAIMLERCHRYSLER 155 5.6 4.5
FORD 143 5.9** 6.8
TOYOTA 106 3.0 4.7
VOLKSWAGEN 71 1.2 4.8
RENAULT/NISSAN 95 1.2 4.9
HONDA $52 $2.5 2.3
*Results for 1998
**Excluding one-time gains
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