I thought the auto worker photos were rather appropriate in that article. I took my S2000 in for 75K maintenance Saturday and was shocked at the nearly empty lot. Thought the dealer was going out of business.

I talked to one of the sales guys and Honda's US assembly plants can't build stuff because of lack of parts from Japan. He said it was also impacting US auto makers, as they often rely on things from Japan like paint. I thought that was odd, but this article confirms it:
http://www.csmonitor...-plant.-Why-Japan

After a Japanese plant that makes pigment for auto paint was damaged, for example, Ford told dealers to stop taking new orders for F-150 and Super Duty pickups and Expedition and Navigator SUVs in "tuxedo black," a color that uses the pigment.