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Like I said, the ENTIRE auto industry is toast:
Global car crisis far from over, executives say
Top European car makers warned of a bleak 2009 as signs grew the deep crisis in the auto sector went far beyond the U.S. industry's life-or-death struggle.
The heads of Renault-Nissan and Fiat said the car market would decline further next year...The world's largest carmaker Toyota Motor Corp was set to report a loss of about 100 billion yen ($1.11 billion) for October-March...German premium car maker BMW, which also sells Mini cars and Rolls-Royce limousines, is putting up financial aid to its German dealer network for at least 100 million euros...Daimler aims to cut costs at Mercedes-Benz by 10-15 percent in 2009...A renewed rally in petrol prices at the pump will mean further misery for the global car sector...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081213/bs_nm/us_autos_3
The grim economic reaper will play no favorites.
