The currency certainly does help, We are closer to the long-term yen dollar rate than we were last year.

A lot depends on how you drive them,

I am not sure that it is such a lay up for Toyota. If G.M. is going to grow 15-20 percent in China, they are not going to roll over.

Honda doesn't get the acclaim and the free press that Toyota enjoys, but look at the fuel economy ranking tables as many years back as you want, and it's always at the top.

In times of yen weakness, Lexus is just a treasure chest,

Forget the cars; the battery is what they are after.

Will they displace Mercedes and BMW? The reality is, it may be hard, ... They're just taking Toyotas and selling them somewhere else.

Will they displace Mercedes and BMW? The reality is it may be hard, ... They're just taking Toyotas and selling them somewhere else.

Will they displace Mercedes and BMW? The reality is it may be hard. They're just taking Toyotas and selling them somewhere else.

Management did all they could to confirm the positives that are to come, and the market seems to be accepting that.