Things are basically good for Toyota.

We have some good expectations for Nissan for the coming year based on a richer U.S. product cycle.

He?s an American archetype, the PR hustler, who is sort of basically good at heart, but he?s in it for the thrill of the verbal chase and he?s excited by it and he gets carried away with his own artistry.

This is probably the right way to go for them, but it's a riskier proposition than Lexus was for Toyota.

Toyota is looking to do with hybrids what Volvo did with safety, trying to get people to pay more for hybrids. It is very similar to the debate a couple years back, whether you want to have air bags or not. American automakers were fighting it tooth and nail. Volvo got people to pay for it.

All in all, these are strong results.