Even so, cars and trucks still account for nearly half of all urban smog.

Imported cars accounted for 28.5 percent of the American market, exceeding the 27.9 percent share set in 1982.

Foreign cars account for a minuscule 0.2 percent to 0.3 percent of the market, the lowest penetration in the world.

Used cars now account for about 10 percent of Japan's annual vehicle exports.

In the late 1980's, European cars accounted for nearly all the top sales.

Domestic cars accounted for 73.6 percent of cars sold, compared with 71.9 percent in 1989.

But cars built at transplant factories accounted for 11.4 percent of sales, compared with 7.9 percent in 1989.

One man, a landscape architect who declined to give his name, said he had left two cars, a furnished apartment and large savings account.

Japanese cars account for over 90 percent of those on the road in Thailand.

Foreign cars accounted for 1.7 percent of sales in Japan in 1986.