could 2011 finally mark the return of the american car? looks promising. american cars outscored foreign competitors last year in a j.d. powers quality and owner satisfaction survey and the sales gap between neck and imimportanted cars is getting smaller. i should say hard to know what s importa imported and domestic because of the way cars are made. gm up 6.9%. ford up 17.6%. toyota was down, still number three spot, largely because of the recalls. honda up, chrysler up 17%. nissan up 20%. hyundai up 24%. look at that in general the industry was up 11.6%, about 11.5 million cars sold in the united states, many people have given up on american cars. my next guest predicted a comeback two years ago right here on this show. rebecca lindland with ihs global insight, economic firm that does forecasts and analysis for u.s. and international automakers and