Diagnosis: Supersize

[Chris Beggy]

Dennis Robert Redmond <dredmond at efn.org> writes:
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Charles Jannuzi wrote:
>
>> So why then does Ford own Mazda and GM own Isuzu, with almost controlling
>> shares of Suzuki and Fuji Heavy (Subaru)? These companies have also been
>> making overtures at Honda, since Honda's go-it-alone strategy can't match
>> the Toyota 20 billion dollar war chest.

There's an interesting history (see Mark Mason) of GM and Ford's
wholly owned subsidiaries in Japan, which were nationalized in
the course of Japan's empire building before WWII.  Their
operations were folded into Toyota and Nissan.

Chris