A different point of view: Fred Crow Huge mistake. One of the reasons for consistent quality is a continuous manufacturing process which, once set in perfect motion, will reproduce constant units of a well made product. You don't have the Monday morning or Friday afternoon vicissitudes which are present in human manufacturing. Yes, I like other folks, are more favorable to human jobs and economics. However if were talking quality, robotics in manufacturing is superior. If Toyota goes to human workers in most phases of the manufacturing process and Honda decides to stay in robotics, they will wipe up the market and Toyota will lose huge amounts of ground. Honda and Toyota are very close in level ground, but they will definitely fall off the competition. Subaru will no doubt take number 1 or 2 in the auto battle. Made in America by Americans assisted by robotics is difficult to beat.