TITLE

Detroit gets a free ride

AUTHOR(S)

Boroughs, D.L.

PUB. DATE

December 1991

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;12/30/91-1/6/92, Vol. 111 Issue 27, Outlook 1992 p58

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that with US layoffs rising, Japan faces harsh auto quotas. Losses for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler; Why new quotas could cost US buyers thousands more; The outcome for American consumers of restricting Japanese cars.

ACCESSION #

9112301261

 

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