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Honda lined off it's first Civic in it's new Indiana plant today. Indiana is already set up well for auto suppliers with Toyota and Subaru doing most of the lead work over the years so it is safe to say that both US plants assembling the Civic should operate pretty soundly and maintain their relatively low manufacturing costs. At the same time the scheduled 2009 minor model change for the Civic will be a good way to refresh the car and attract buyers.

DAI is getting railed by association with the auto market. One of the few auto companies that isn't going to struggle to stay afloat in America past 2010. It is the only auto company to not have deathly sale figures for September. Plus, recent model showcases suggest that Maybach will be phased out. They will also be the first company to mass produce a car using a Li-Ion Battery next year with their S400 BlueHybrid. Don't expect the 100K car to make huge sales but do expect it to be the beginning of a high tech, high efficiency line up from the Smart ForTwo to the S-Class.

Toyota announced that as of now it will not lower its global sales targets. They are kidding themselves, they just had the third worst month's sales decline in the history of their company