We're not quite sure of the context of this speech, and we've not quite figured out whether Toyota's Hiroshi Okuda has a penchant for putting his foot in his mouth or is just too damn savvy running a weird psych job that we can't begin to wrap our miniscule little blogger-brains around, as it were. Regardless, Okuda's latest pronouncement came thusly:
At a speech in New Delhi, the chairman of the world's #2 automaker said that while Japanese automakers had remained stagnant and/or slipped in quality, Thai and Indian suppliers were winning major quality awards and mentioned the possibility that the two nations could one day make the best automobiles in the world.
Toyota Predicts Best Cars Could Come From India [Inside Line]
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