> Toyota, by the way, was the export quotas to the US. Since they were one of
> the chosen companies, they enjoyed maximum profits on their US sales, which
> they could use to offset the intense competition they were getting in their
> domestic market.
Toyota was always the best-run Japanese car firm, though -- it invented "Toyotism" and just-in-time production back in the 1960s, and has been refining those techniques ever since. Its production system is one of the true marvels of the Earth.
-- Dennis