Re: More from the lighter side of: Opinion on new MG

[Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>]

<<  Would american manufacturers ever make a compact car if
 the japanese hadn't done it first?
  >>
> The Japanese didn't do it first.......you need to read up there, Trevor.  The
> Jap industry was seeded by- you guessed it!- the British after WW2.

It was my understanding that it was the Americans that sorted out Japanese 
industry after WWII.  The British saw to Germany, particularly VW.

PaulH.