Situation in Japan and What It means for Vehicle and Part Production

[Obi..]

I noticed the topic has not been posted, like somehow we're all knowingly avoiding talking about it in here..

So, instead of chatting about the general disaster situation there, which I don't want to rehash in here after dealing with it elsewhere online, I thought you all should know what exactly is happening as far as motor manufacturers from the news and info I have available to me..

Toyota has ceased production, both in Japan and Stateside, they'll resume parts production *hopefully* soon.
http://www.toyota-global.com/

http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/announcement/110312_3.html

http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/announcement/110316_1.html

Honda has also ceased production in select locations and additionally along with a similar community involvement practice, they are also stepping up big time with their recruiting guarantees. (*Something to specifically admire since I am talking with them right now.)
http://world.honda.com/news/2011/c110314Earthquake-Northeastern-Japan/index.html

No info for Subaru or others yet.. Hopefully this will not translate into staggering cost spikes for our parts needs.

*(Prayers for those involved in this and to my friend's there.)

[4x4mike]

A guy from Subaru was on NPR the other day.

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134555828/auto-supply-chain-feels-japan-quake-reverberations

[Crinale]

Should be interesting to see the long term effects of this disaster on the car industry.. I have no doubt that Toyota and Honda will come out of this ok, as they both have fairly deep pockets, but the availability and prices however.. as i said should be interesting..

Im not sure if its too insensitive or not.. but me and a few of my friends were talkin bout all the classic JDM cars that may have been lost.. like 60s/70s gtr's and the like.. just adds another dimension to the tragedy..

[arjan]

It seems like most of the classic jdm cars have been imported into Canada by now.

There are quite a few companies around here that import the 15 year and older jdm vehicles into Canada.
Quite a few turbo diesel land cruisers floating around here now also.