"It's our biggest single issue and it's getting bigger each year," he said, speaking of the American auto producers.

Mexico, for example, is fast becoming a major auto producer.

Olds, dating from 1897, is the oldest surviving American auto producer.

The Opel 1.8-litre was the number one seller of Germany's largest auto producer in 1931.

Whether auto producers can meet production schedules.

By the end of this year, the United States will overtake Japan as the world's top auto producer for the first time since the 1970's.

Domestic auto producers have taken the bull by the horns and tried to anticipate what would happen with increased foreign competition.

American auto producers are jumping into the fast-growing south and east Asian market, which is dominated by Japanese manufacturers.

Michigan, meanwhile, fell to ninth place, from sixth, as foreign auto producers made huge inroads into the American market.

Our auto producers make millions of right-hand-drive models for other left-side markets like Britain's.