In a message dated 11/21/01 1:32:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Specifically with automobiles, they have prospered because of having > superior products, in spite of US pressures in the 80's to limit their > numbers and drive up prices. > The jury is already in on how the Japanese dumped their products, including cars, on the American market since the early 1970s. Their quality came about in part because the subsidies allowed for the engineering that made their cars better. No doubt about their quality, but we Americans were paying as little as 60% of the same car's retail price in Japan. Mafud [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

