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Well the Japanese reply on nuclear energy for a large fraction of their electricity. I think there are only one or two nukes there making electricity now. So it figures manufacturing isnt getting all the power it would like. And what they have they are liekly charging more for.
Not a good situation for them.
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In time the Honda Fit is going to be manufactured in Mexico . Probably for same reasons . More $ to be made . You'd think Toyota would do the same as Honda or here in the States . Like at the NUMMI plant in California . Shame they don't .
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Just an idea, but are drinking the synthetic oil instead of using it in Yaris? This might account for your problems....
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I know you are trying to come up with an intelligent thought here but its not working....
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If you use the Yaris as the model, you would probably be right, but from a macro perspective, they are going to build cars at factories where the profit margins are higher in relation to the value of the yen vs the country's currency.
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I just came across an article posted to the main Yahoo! Finance page a few hours ago. The article is entitled "Study sees U.S. auto job losses if Japan joins trade pact". One of the most interesting points IMO (and I haven't heard it mentioned elsewhere...and I didn't know this before reading this article...mentioning tarrifs in previous posts was a hunch) is that there is a current 2.5 percent U.S. tariff on Japanese auto imports. The article also discussed currency issues. This seemed to be the most logical thread to post info about this new article to.
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