Toyota CY15/FY16 Recap

January 18, 2023

Overview: Significant volume of Toyota shopping activity, KBB.com Expert and Compare cars are key for Toyota shoppers, 26% Higher activity on Lexus new car pricing pages than competitive set, over 7.2M Toyota trade-in reports generated, driving qualified shoppers to Toyota, Toyota sponsorships drive more lower funnel activities, more Lexus content researched during RX homepage takeover, homepage takeover increases engagement.

Toyota Core 4 Insights:
A. The pace of growth is slowing
B. Income growth has been stagnant since the late ’90s
C. U.S. consumer confidence gains have stalled, foreshadowing a sales plateau
D. Consumer vehicle purchasing power is on the decline
E. Incentive spending is rising to sustain the record sales pace
F. Subprime is now accounting for a higher portion of the mix
G. Opportunity for non-lux OEMs to ‘turn the tides’ back if economy does stall out
H. RAV4 share of compact SUV has grown slightly
I. Cross-shopping review for Camry XS, Corolla XS, RAV4, Prius XS
J. Everything except Prius has increased in loyalty over past 2 years
K. Camry is being priced near the segment average
L. Corolla is priced below segment average – created an opportunity to translate consumers to higher trims / Affordability opportunity
M. RAV4 vs. compact SUV pricing curves
N. Prius is priced below other alternative fuel vehicles… / leads its competitive set in perceptions in nearly every category
O. Camry perceptions are very high
P. RAV4 does not lead any factor, but above average on all