toyota motor sales usa is the u.s distributor of cars and trucks built by toyota
(i.e., it is a subsidiary of toyota)
the company buys the cars at the toyota factories in japan and elsewhere,
take ownership of the vehicles, and then sells them to toyota dealer across the united states.
An average vehicle costs $8/day to keep while in transit.
because it used to take 9 to 10 day in trasit, the finanacial charge was $72 to $80 per car. for 2 million cars per year, the cost to the company was $144 to $160 million oer year. this was too much