Honda's Tokyo Reveals - Autoline Daily 777

The Center for Automotive Research says that the U.S. auto industry is going to add 190,000 jobs in the next four years. Volkswagen introduced a plug-in hybrid SUV concept at the Tokyo Motor Show called the Cross Coupe. And Honda unveiled seven new concepts in Tokyo, all of which are electric. All that and more, plus John answers your questions and comments in the "You Said It!" segment.

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[TrojanWarior87]

I would buy the Subaru BRZ over Scion FR-S...

[DocWolph]

@MRSketch09 Yes, I am. I thought about service jobs like medical, food, phone, retail, and so on. It gets fuzzy when you consider smaller manufacturing jobs, consumer electronics, clothing, etc, then service jobs playing in, too. I am convinced that manufacturing is the root of a healthy economy and an economy is like a circulatory system. It all feeds back into itself. If it functions properly as a closed system, then it can function well with others. The cycle continues. The circle widens.

[catchatyou]

Episode 777...very good plane!

[MRSketch09]

@DocWolph Its hard to imagine, that for ever 1 manufacturing job, that 10 more are supported. Not sayings I disagree, just saying its hard to imagine.

I assume your talking about logistics, and restraunts, and parts places?

[DocWolph]

@MRSketch09 For every manufacturing job, you support at least 10 more jobs. So for that roughly 190k jobs, 1.9M are supported. That does not necessarily mean more jobs, in toady's jobs market and economic climate. However, it should, at least, mean more stable jobs that are less likely to go away. It can still mean more jobs over all. But we need to make more of our own stuff.

[InsurgenceRX]

Of course Mexico has more free trade agreements. You can do that if your wages are so low.

[bajabusta]

I agree about the FRZ and the BRZ,far too similar top hats, like they didn't even try to differentiate the two. Its like GM in 1982 all over again!

[MRSketch09]

@MRSketch09 Also learning that Mexico has more free trade agreements than the US was depressing. Jobs, economic growth, IN THE PRIVATE sector should be governments number one job. I don't know about everyone else, but if I don't have a good job, and can't put food on the table, then not a whole lot really matters.

[MRSketch09]

190,000.. is a drop in the bucket (especially over a four year period). But it's better than nothing.

The RCE Motorcycle looked really sharp.