Auto production by Japanese brands in the United States topped a record 3.8 million in 2014, according to Japan Automobile Manufacturers Assn. Japanese automakers also made more than 4.3 million engines and purchased a high of $66 billion in U.S. automotive parts.
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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), an industry association which comprises Japan’s fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, announced the promotion of Manny Manriquez to General Director effective April 1.
Continue readingLast year, three of every four Japanese brand vehicles sold in the United States were made in North America. Japanese companies, he points out, have invested $43 billion in U.S. plants through 2014 and spent $66 billion on parts to supply those plants that year.
Continue reading“I see our members investing and producing more and more here, while also exporting more from the United States.”
Continue readingJapan turns out to be a haven for imports, due to a zero percent import duty on cars, and due to the fact that up to 5,000 units per make, model and year can be brought in with the barest of paperwork.
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