what do you make of the decision to relaunch datsun?is this a brand that conjures up images for you? talks it does conjure up images. i remember my dad taking me to school and dropping me off at the bus stop in a datsun. it does have a heritage. does it have a heritage in india? they are trying to create a completely niche brand. it's going to be going to the emerging middle classes. the first models will be for first-time buyers and things like that. it is a difficult one. bigever i think of a automobile brand looking at another automobile brand and being distinctive, i look at mini. successfule two brands that are being consumed and relaunched. when bmw took over rover, they just wanted it to be a small car. brandnted to inject some dna into that car. >> make it a small sports car? >> it is now a small sports car. cars, at with sports the same kind of idea happened with volkswagen. be the name, the car that you did not want to be in. they projected the paternal family care for this brand and gave it its own identity within itself. >>

the datsun was a disaster until they redesigned with a larger engine and more room for americans. americans success in steel and auto made the big companies successful but harmed them in the long run because it made them lazy and their managers blind to changes. by the 1970s, the u.s. was falling behind in steel produ i productivity and their cars were not as good as japan and china. the company with the longest record of success was honda. honda was created against the government's wishes and without any government support whatsoever. they took the lead in numerous areas from textiles, electronics, and robotics. they indicated you better have lots of competitors to have a good company. the choices the government made were catching up to it. autos gave rise to other businesses in the 1950s. road side hotel chains. the holiday inns were designed with a car in mind. fast food -- mcdonalds. and portable music with a car radio that turned into top 40. that became successful because it gave americans across the country the same play list so that as they travelled to new places, and rem

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last summer a datsun named oscar died after eating a meatball laced with poison.her animals have been sickened. >>> well, leona creek is origin and foamy and runs through the -- orange and foamy and runs through the oakland hills. neighbor will be glad to see the now proposed clean up happen. >> it is not clean water. it is not safe to drink and it is not safe for the plants. >> anybody that drinks it will be poisoned. even plants die away and metal is eaten away at by it. >> permits for the clean up project still need to be issued. there is a public meeting thursday night at the leona lodge in oakland. >>> on the reverse side, a north bay town claims to have california's best tasting water. >> and plenty of it to go around. kpix 5 news reporter roberta gonzalez is live at the mobile weather lab. >> reporter: it is a gold start at 37 degrees in hillsburg. the best tasting water in the state of california, yes, hillsburg make that claim, but now they want to be known for the best recycled water. we have the current mayor and more here. good morning. first off, i ha