The Japanese transplants accounted for 10.2 percent of February car sales, up from 7 percent in 1989.

Japanese "transplants" held 10.6 percent of the American market in the middle of the month, up from 9.5 percent in last year's period.

Mochi, a Japanese transplant to Hawaii, seemed like a secret discovery that only we knew about until I went online.

These Japanese "transplants" plan to export 70 percent or more of their production to Continental Europe.

The Japanese "transplants" - companies that build cars in North America - increased their share of domestic car sales to 14.6 percent, from 14.3 percent.

Japanese "transplants" turned out 1.5 million cars last year.

What has changed is that the Japanese transplants are willing and able to pick up the slack in the marketplace in any work stoppage.

These Japanese "transplant" manufacturers raised their share of the American car market to 15.9 percent in mid-October, from 15.2 percent a year earlier.

In the mid-1980's production of the so-called Japanese transplants was far smaller.

Even Ford's share, which had gained steadily in the 1980's, felt the surge of the Japanese transplants.