Big Autos: Japanese automakers stupified by America?

How long before Japan rolls out its own Hummer?

"Is big about to get big again in the automotive industry? That appears to be the prediction of Japanese automakers Toyota, Honda and Nissan, which historically have been better known for their smaller vehicles.

"In the 2008 to 2011 model years, the Japanese Big Three plan to expand their U.S. product lines with new nameplates and models that will be more powerful and bigger than ever, according to a recent report in Automotive News, a trade publication."

Now the Automotive News is very subjectively pro-American, and it seems that all Japanese auto news is skewed negatively by the News. Unfortunately, however, I wouldn't be surprised to see Japan go big - it's too big and too important of a market segment to just hand to America.

What's really disappointing is that too many Americans still don't have a clue or a care about how their gas-guzzling is affecting the world through foreign oil dependency and pollution.