en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/429731 Comments by vwlarry http://www.speedsportlife.com/2009/08/06/avoidable-contact-27-the-end-and-the-beginning-of-great-japanese-cars/#IDComment30273604 The insightful observations by Jack cannot be discounted, nor can anyone who has been carefully observing the automotive marketplace of the past 20-30 years fail to come to basically the same conclusions. There is a "law of gravity" that pertains to automotive success stories, too. It goes up, therefore, sooner or later, it MUST come back down. We're seeing the down-part for the Japanese. Certainly it is more difficult to detect than the fall from grace of our domestic makers...they slammed into the ground with the force of a falling Airbus, while the current Japanese malaise is more like Sully Sullenberger's relatively gentle splashdown into the Hudson River this summer. But, in the end, both are scored as crashes. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:02:33 +0000 http://www.speedsportlife.com/2009/08/06/avoidable-contact-27-the-end-and-the-beginning-of-great-japanese-cars/#IDComment30273604