" From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> " " " " http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050929/bs_afp/usjapanautogm%3B_ylt=AvaiiV.jBbLTZByJPEqFOgeL_bIF%3B_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl might even be true - japan is notoriously protective of its home markets - but also true that gm would seek the easy way out rather than accept responsibility for non-competitiveness. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought