Imagine having a football, baseball or soccer game and the visiting team doesn't show up. That's sort of what's going on this week at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show , where thanks to global belt-tightening and the ever-present perception of the Tokyo show as a home-team-dominated affair, the major U.S. and European automakers are effectively not coming to the game. Although carrying on with the show is up to them alone, the Japanese makers have toned down the Tokyo show's typical hyperbole – even for Tokyo's typically far-out concept cars, not to mention the production or near-production unveilings. Environmental themes will dominate and any ostentatious displays of power and performance will be limited.
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Japan Makers Attending Party for Themselves: The Tokyo Motor Show
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