Japan Car Production By Brand : 1980-89

1980 Mazda 323. I owned a 5-door model


This was the decade that Japan really expanded its car production offshore. The first plants opened in North America as follows: Honda '82, Nissan '83, Toyota '84, Mazda '87, Mitsubishi '88 and Subaru/Isuzu '89 and Suzuki (Canada) '89. How would it affect domestic production? The number of passenger cars made in Japan from 1979 to 1989 increased by