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From: "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: Japs Exclude Gaijins from EXPO tender contracts
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:27:25 +0900
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"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:400004E5.B3781645@yahoo.co.jp...
> But we are talking about the Japanese. Speaking of cars, foreign cars
> account for only about one percent of sales in Japan, and the most popular
> foreign makes are German. In the US the share held just by Japanese brands

The car thingy is a bit out of date, don't you think? Let's see:

Nissan: Owned by Renault
Mazda (Matsuda): Owned by Ford
Mitsubishi: Alliance with Daimler-Chrysler
Toyota: Alliance with GM
Honda: Alliance with GM

Honda and Toyota are the only two fully Japanese-owned automakers, and both
have foreign alliances.

The German car thingy is pure supply and demand. If Japanese want to buy a
foreign car, they want a German car. Which is only right, anyone in their
right minds would want a German car. If you can't afford a German car, you
buy a Toyota.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom