Japanese car manufacturing - output plummets

[chank]

I still don't understand how things can get so bad so fast...
http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2009/...
Does anyone think that any Jap carmaker could actually go belly up?

[19890]

If any Jap carmakers go pop then god help all the others is all I can say

[Richard.John]

It has been suggested that consolidation is the way forward. We may see a handful of companies in the future. Toyota could swallow Subaru, Daihatsu and others. Leaving Nissan and Honda to scoop up rest.

[chank]

Some good news at least (or perhaps mitigated bad news!)...
http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAnd...

[Marf]

Richard.John said:

It has been suggested that consolidation is the way forward. We may see a handful of companies in the future. Toyota could swallow Subaru, Daihatsu and others. Leaving Nissan and Honda to scoop up rest.

Toyota already hold a 51% stake in Daihatsu, and daihatsu manufacture a number of models sold worldwide under the Toyota brand.

Do you think that Toyota would make a bid for Fuji Heavy Industries, or just absorb the Subaru related operations?

ETA: seems Toyota also own 16% of FHI already.

Edited by Marf on Thursday 26th February 10:27

[chank]

It could be a full time job just working out who actually owns who!
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/med...

[Marf]

chank said:

It could be a full time job just working out who actually owns who!
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/med...

Its what I do for a living