Well big business and politics ......
They've also have started facing issues in South Africa so it complicates the whole theory about American auto makers. Unless the plot really thickens and SA is acting up based on Big Brothers instructions and in exchange of cheaper vehicles!
Earlier, Toyota reported a huge swing back into profit in the last quarter of 2009.
Its net income was 153 billion yen ($1.68bn; £1.06bn) after a loss of 164 billion yen a year earlier.
Toyota confirmed its estimate that it would lose about $2bn (£1.23bn) in costs and lost sales from its worldwide recall of potentially faulty vehicles.
It added it had not yet worked out the cost of the latest reports of brake problems with the new Prius - BBC.