"We do what Mexicans do.".

AUTOMOBILE industry; AUTOMOBILE exports & imports; AUTOMOBILE factories; FORD Motor Co.; NISSAN Motor Co. Ltd.

Addresses the increase in automobile sales in Mexico, noting that the winners are not Honda and Toyota but Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, plus Volkswagen and Nissan. Sales doubled in last three years; Protection against outsiders; Favorable place to build cars and parts; Companies that are there; Low-cost labor as the basic attraction; United Auto Workers union resisting proposed US/Mexico free-trade agreement; Mexican plants may be saving US jobs; Details.