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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
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Subject: Re: Restrictions on Japanese Cars
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 11:50:03 EST
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> For those of you who may be interested, I read in a recent issue of
> Kipplinger's (sp?) Washington Newsletter that the  restrictions  on
> Japanese Automobiles will be eased after March of this  year.  They
> will be letting about 200,000 more Japanese Autos into the U.S.

Because the current restrictions are on number of units, not dollar
value, Japan has been sending us their higher-priced (higher absolute
profit per unit) car models.  As the restrictions ease off, we can
probably expect to see more of the inexpensive models being brought in.
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Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{hao,ihnp4,decvax}!noao!terak!doug