"What is truly staggering is the degree to which shareholders still believe that in the mass market, it is really only the Japanese who are a guaranteed, all-weather money-making machine. [In terms of market capitalization] Toyota is worth a whopping $192 billion and Honda is worth $63 billion. Nissan, despite its recent fall from grace, is worth $45 billion.
"Toyota is worth more than the entire European car industry put together - Daimler included. Honda is worth more than Ford [$16.5 billion], GM [$17.7 billion] and the Korean stocks [Hyundai and Kia] put together, and Nissan could vacuum up all of the new companies in China and India without pausing for a share issue." ========== Market caps as of the close of trading, 21 May 2007