Jim Stone, Freelance Journalist

TOP POSTED: JAPAN IS GOING TO WIN THE CORONAVIRUS GAME

Whatever Japan did, it was the right thing. Today I went around to all the car dealerships to see how they were impacted by the loss of manufacturing due to the coronavirus lock downs. Here is the summary, and conclusion: JAPAN WINS. The first one I noticed weeks ago that had no cars was Fiat/Chrysler. They sold out long ago and they are gone.

Ford - GONE. Volkswagen has greatly reduced inventory as does SEAT. Pugeot and Renault are selling out but still have a few cars. Kia and Hyundai look post apocalypse, everything they had has been gone for a long time. Land rover, Jaguar, Audi, Porsche, Cadillac sold way down, almost out.

Now here's the interesting part: Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lexus, Acura, Mitsubishi, Suzuki and Isuzu are stacked with cars, Lexus shockingly so. There were so many cars on the Lexus lot that I was absolutley (sic) blown away by the sheer volume. I never look at the Lexus lot but there's no way I could have missed that, they have far more cars than normal. Nissan is up there with Volkswagen as far as popularity in Mexico, yet they had a pile of cars. It is not because they are not selling, it is because none of the Japanese brands stopped producing.

It is obvious Lexus realized the entire luxury sector was going to sell out except for them, and they stocked up. They have amazing variety right now. BOTTOM LINE: Japan's economy is intact because of the way they managed the coronavirus, and Japan alone will be enough to avoid having the world crash. I am sure Bill Gates and others are trying to fix that but Japan also said no to the vaccines so perhaps good luck sans another Fukushima.

I was deeply worried that everything cool was going to go away forever. For as long as Japan properly manages this BIG FAT HOAX THEY PROVED JUST BY STILL BEING ALIVE, the world is not going to go to hell in a hand basket. They will anchor the whole thing.