Well, you're asking two questions. Your first question is, to what extent have in recent years the European operations contributed to overall profitability of the U.S. companies, and the answer is a significant amount. How many U.S. cars are sold in Europe is a somewhat different situation because although there's a General Motors of Europe, the General Motors of Europe is not selling Chevys, Buicks and Oldsmobiles. They're essentially making at this point what is pretty much an independent product line. Ford is a somewhat different situation because what Ford has tried to do is to take a global perspective with regard to their product development operations and say to what extent can we utilize not only Ford of Europe, but Ford has a tie-in with Mazda. So we use Ford, Ford of Europe and Mazda to develop a range of product. So, for example, you see this new Ford Escort that has come out this year. That is largely a car that's been developed by Mazda in conjunction with Ford to sell not only in the U.S., but in Japan and in Europe as well.
Well, you're asking two questions. Your first question is, to what extent have in recent years the European operations contributed to overall profitability of the U.S. companies, and the answer is a significant amount. How many U.S. cars are sold in Europe is a somewhat different situation because although there's a General Motors of Europe, the General Motors of Europe is not selling Chevys, Buicks and Oldsmobiles. They're essentially making at this point what is pretty much an independent product line. Ford is a somewhat different situation because what Ford has tried to do is to take a global perspective with regard to their product development operations and say to what extent can we utilize not only Ford of Europe, but Ford has a tie-in with Mazda. So we use Ford, Ford of Europe and Mazda to develop a range of product. So, for example, you see this new Ford Escort that has come out this year. That is largely a car that's been developed by Mazda in conjunction with Ford to sell not only in the U.S., but in Japan and in Europe as well.
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