Nishioka, CEO Mitsubishi	Toyoda, CEO Toyota	Ghosn, CEO Nissan-Renault	Reithofer, CEO BMW
Zetsche, CEO Daimler (Mercedes-Benz)	Yamanouchi, CEO Mazda	Stadler, CEO Audi	Ito, CEO Honda
Hwan, CEO Kia	Ikeda, CEO Subaru	Johansson, CEO Volvo	Kim, CEO Hyundai

We, the above CEOs, would like to take a moment to collectively thank the people of the United States for your Class for Clunkers program. We are overjoyed that you have decided to put up billions of your hard earned tax dollars to support the purchases of our many fine automobiles. You will be happy to know that some of the money you are effectively giving us will go to US car dealerships as well as some US automobile plants. Without the burdensome taxes you are placing on yourselves a large number of people in the US would not be buying new automobiles this year. We and those new car owners are benefiting greatly from your financial graciousness which we return with our words of thanks, and perhaps we may sell you one of our quality vehicles in the near future, if you are able to afford it. We appreciate the wisdom of your choices and we will be most happy to see you continue choosing wisely in the foreseeable future.  

Thank you again.

– The foreign automobile CEOs.

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Update: August 14, 2009

This just in.

Asian Carmakers Doing Especially Well Under Cash for Clunkers

Government data shows that while 54 percent of the top-10-selling vehicles were manufactured domestically, eight out of 10 carry Japanese or South Korean nameplates.

US car dealers are not getting paid and might be left holding the bag. 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/08/14/asian-carmakers-doing-especially-cash-clunkers/

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