>>> " Throughout the decade, of course, the Japanese would gain market share..."
For further reading:
The Reckoning, David Halberstam (1986)
"Powerfully developing his thesis that the complacency and shortsightedness of American workers and their bosses, especially the automakers of Detroit, have led to a decline of industrial know-how so critical that Asian carmakers, particularly the Japanese, have virtually taken over the market, Halberstam tells in panoramic detail a story that is alarming in its implications. "
http://www.amazon.co...rds=the+reckoning