RichardJensen Posted October 10, 2015 Share Posted October 10, 2015 Toyota has a dominant position in the Arabian peninsula. They recently recorded a 35% market share in Saudi Arabia, 45% share in Bahrain, 30% in UAE, 34% Kuwait, 54% in Oman, 35% in Qatar http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/06/bahrain-1st-quarter-2015-toyota-hilux-overtakes-land-cruiser-to-1/ http://trendsmena.com/business/toyota-hyundai-52-saudi-auto-market-share http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/07/united-arab-emirates-1st-quarter-2015-mitsubishi-lancer-up-3-fold-to-2/ http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/07/kuwait-1st-quarter-2015-toyota-prado-ultra-dominant/ http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/06/oman-1st-quarter-2015-toyota-hilux-sovereign-in-market-down-12/ http://bestsellingcarsblog.com/2015/06/qatar-1st-quarter-2015-nissan-patrol-leaps-onto-podium/ Given the following: - Zakat : The requirement on observant Muslims to contribute financially in support of certain causes - The wealth of certain individuals with --questionable-- beliefs in the Arabian peninsula - Minimal state frameworks and state oversight - The dominant market share of Toyota in these countries You can just about predict that wealthy supporters of extremist causes are going to furnish vehicles, and those vehicles are going to be overwhelmingly if not exclusively Toyotas because they are the most readily available products. If you want to quickly buy a dozen trucks, you're going to buy them from the biggest dealer, not the smallest. If you want to avoid notice, you're going to buy them from the biggest dealer, not the smallest, etc. The point is: ISIS is not buying these trucks. They don't have some equivalent of the GSA sending out bid notices to companies. They're being supported by wealthy people with disgusting worldviews, and if you can figure out how to prevent those people from doing what they want and getting what they want, well, more power to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) Somewhere, Toyota will have a register of everyone who has bought Toyota vehicles, while not complicit with procuring vehicles for terrorist groups, Toyota does have the detail of those who are.... intelligence agencies will be keen to see that data base. Cut off their supplies and recruiters and watch the snake die.. Edited October 11, 2015 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Somewhere, Toyota will have a register of everyone who has bought Toyota vehicles, while not complicit with procuring vehicles for terrorist groups, Toyota does have the detail of those who are.... intelligence agencies will be keen to see that data base. Cut off their supplies and recruiters and watch the snake die.. You're forgetting: Toyota sells vehicles to dealers, not to customers. This isn't a part of the world where they're real keen on tracking titles to prevent theft and to make sure people get recall notices. Treasury might have *some* success tracking *some* of the purchases, as some of these vehicles will still have some of their VIN markings, and that might enable Treasury to isolate the dealer that sold a few of these trucks, but finding out which wealthy crackpot with medieval ideals bought those vehicles... even when you consider that this is what these guys get paid to do, it's not a task with a high likelihood of success. Especially when you consider that whoever's rich enough to supply ISIS with plenty o' trucks is wealthy enough to have plenty o' pull with the local feudal lord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 Sand, Sweat, and a white Toyota Hilux The three signs you're in the Middle East Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Sand, Sweat, and a white Toyota Hilux The three signs you're in the Middle East And one of those grenade/rocket launcher thingies that you carry around 24/7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 And one of those grenade/rocket launcher thingies that you carry around 24/7. Well yeah, you never leave home without all your accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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