DETROIT — When Jim Lentz dropped by Automotive News last week, we reporters began the discussion by noting, rather wittily, we thought, that "There's a lot going on in the industry, you may have heard."
"Just a little bit!" quipped the CEO of Toyota North America, playing along. "Just the usual things about what the economy's going to be? How big is the industry? How many cars or trucks do I need to build? How many are four-cylinders? How many are six?"