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Back during the Reagan years when the US restricted Japanese car manufacturers to only shipping a certain number of cars per year to the US Toyota responded by
by Symmetry 8y ago
Back during the Reagan years when the US restricted Japanese car manufacturers to only shipping a certain number of cars per year to the US Toyota responded by no longer selling Camrys and introducing the high end Lexus brand.
- whyenot 8y agoLexus launched in 1989, a year after Reagan left office. The line was developed in response to voluntary export restraints initiated by the Japanese government, not US restrictions.