12.22.2008

Curiously Toyota


TOKYO — Toyota Motor, the Japanese auto giant, announced Monday that it expected the first loss in 70 years in its core vehicle-making business, underscoring how the economic crisis is spreading across the global auto industry.

[From Toyota Expects Its First Loss in 70 Years - NYTimes.com]

So that would be, I happen to know - the 70 years, I mean - since 1938. And that, in turn, would mean Toyota, according to this announcement as reported by the NYTimes, suffered no loss in its "core vehicle-making business" even during WWII. Which is pretty impressive. Or mysterious. Or...well what were you expecting, Bunky, anyway?



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