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Old 05-16-2014, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore View Post
The author is obviously not familiar with automotive mass production.

Shipping lots and railheads often look like that, just as a result of getting vehicles aligned and loaded onto the appropriate rail car.

Standard operating procedure. The back lot of Flint Assembly looks like that right now.

K
Thxs Keith for the "Voice of Reason" and Reality Check.

Now here's a pic of cars burnt from 2011 Japan quake...


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A 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated much of Japan, with staggering death-tolls and estimates of $100 billion in property damage. As one might expect, Japan's auto industry has been and will be heavily affected by the nationwide disaster. Power outages have brought plants to a halt, and the Nikkei, Japan's stock market, has taken notice.

Japan's major automakers have taken substantial losses in the aftermath of the quake, with most manufacturers faring worse than the market's overall drop of 6.2 percent. Mitsubishi had the roughest go of all automakers with a nine percent decline, followed by Isuzu at 8.9 percent, Nissan (8.5 percent), Toyota (7.2 percent) and Honda 3.8 percent)...
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/14/r...nges-post-qua/