Post by Kasey Kagawa

Well, as Mr. Johnson, one of those few who exist in the form of Jalopnik.com said today, it may have taken them 65 years to do it, but the Japanese have finally carried their plans of Pacific Rim domination to fruition. Not only did they pass the Ford Motor Company in domestic sales last month, but according to Toyota’s 2007 sales year predictions, 9.34 million cars and trucks will be sold in the US, a number that analysts say will crush GM’s 2007 sales in much the same way that the Romafeller Foundation unleashed their armada of Mobile Suits and annihilated the Alliance Colonies. Not only that, but the traitorous state of California, always the friendliest state with our new Japanese overlords, will have purchased more Japanese cars than those of any other nation in 2006. What’s next, they take over the American television manufacturing industry?

Toyota’s Sales Projections Show It Surpassing G.M. [New York Times]
Japanese cars to outsell U.S. models in Calif. for first time in 2006 [San Jose Mercury News]