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To: Investor2 who wrote (6424)	7/30/1998 1:19:00 PM
From: Michael Sphar	Respond to of 10921

Back then, Japanese automotive products were just gaining acceptance in the US marketplace, a Honda motorbike was 50cc and carried a "cutsy" connotation. No Honda cars were imported then, just some curious Datsuns and Toyotas beginning to compete with the cheap European imports like Volkswagon, Fiat and Renault. Quality had started to improve. Those early Japanese products were mainly a West coast phenomenon. America reigned supreme in its economic role as the presiding leader of the postwar years though exposure to SouthEast Asia via battling the purported Communist threat in Vietnam was nightly headline material. Previously the Japanese export products were slowly overcoming their horrible postwar image of poor quality and cheapness. As the Japanese products started their ascent, big iron from Detroit was becoming more and more cheaply constructed and moved visibly counter to the direction of the Japanese. We've all come a long ways since then.