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Originally Posted by Atmo
It goes back to the '80's after Toyota announced US production at the former NUUMI plant in Freemont, CA. Japanese unions went apoplectic at the thought of outsourcing production, resulting in civil unrest. Some Japanese politicians not owned by Toyota saw an opening to advance their interests and proposed breaking up Toyota claiming that it was a monopoly.
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Ahhhh. Not only did I miss read what you wrote as it being Subaru that was accused of monopoly (that did baffle me) but I had not heard of the Toyota issue either. If it was the 80s I would not have followed it since I didn't give one single F about Japanese cars at that point.