• FoMoCo, we'll always consider you to be one of our "Big Three" no matter how small you might be. [Detroit News]
• Nissan profit drops 22.6% this quarter. And as is the case when something like this happens, their forecast gets cut too. Duh. [Freep]
• Danny Howes is thinking Ford Foundation first — and they're finally thinking Detroit. Maybe not Detroit, first — but at least it's on the radar screen. [Detroit News]
• ToMoCo wants to "prove it!" with their new Tundra ads. [Freep]
• Toyota's are frustrated by rain? [crash.net]

• Ezra thinks the new Lexus ES 350 is like lotion. [NYT]

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