Sentences with phrase «japanese car industry»

At that time the Japanese car industry could do no wrong, and Honda represented fierce corporate independence, a relentlessly clever approach to engineering, and the ability to solve problems that confounded other car companies.

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Jim Lentz, newly appointed chief executive of North America, said the Japanese automaker sees U.S. industry new - car sales hitting 15.3 million this year, up from 14.5 million in 2012.

The 1989 Nissan 300ZX was featured as one of our 5 Japanese Cars that Shocked the Auto Industry in 1989, and this sports car was truly a revolution with its high - tech, high - performance construction that brought new life to the Z nameplate after a few decades of softer and heavier Z cCars that Shocked the Auto Industry in 1989, and this sports car was truly a revolution with its high - tech, high - performance construction that brought new life to the Z nameplate after a few decades of softer and heavier Z carscars.

Here are the five Japanese cars that shook the automotive industry 25 years ago.

Reliable, stylish, and usually (semi) affordable - Japanese sports cars embrace one of the oldest segments in the automotive industry and thoroughly modernize its driving and ownership experience.

This Accord also is an example of another evolution — or, possibly, a revolution in the American auto industry — in which Japanese cars made in Marysville, Ohio, will be shipped to Japan.

For the American car owner, luxury has been defined by names such as Cadillac, Mercedes - Benz, BMW and Jaguar - American and European cars that set the standard of automotive quality for decades.Now consumers are being told to look to the Far East for class.This fall, two Japanese automakers - Toyota and Nissan - have begun selling their own brand of automobile luxury: Lexus and Infiniti.The introduction of those two luxury nameplates has stirred a marketing battle of worldwide proportions, and the auto industry is watching closely to see if the Japanese can repeat history and exert influence in an area that was previously unknown to them.

This kind of technological catch - up epitomizes what is happening to the Japanese luxury - car makers, in the opinion of industry analyst Bill Pochiluk, a partner at Coopers & Lybrand.

He focused on the cradle to grave work ethic in the Japanese car manufacturing industry, initially in Sunderland and shortly afterwards Tokyo, and documented the workers and their families.

The deal comes as the Japanese company aims to expand into the automotive industry, joining a rush of chipmakers seeking to enter the market for smart cars and self - driving car technology.