Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi See Global Production Climb

Four of Japan's five major car makers saw global production climb last month. Only Mazda's production fell.

Toyota's worldwide production totaled 667,273 vehicles in April, up 4.2%.

Honda Motor Co., Japan's second-largest car maker by sales volume, said global production surged 7.6 percent to 310,391 vehicles for the 21st straight month.

Nissan Motor Co. said global production climbed 4.6 percent to 239,592 vehicles.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported a 8.2 percent jump in global production to 104,981 vehicles.

GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler! Are you reading?

Where and when did American carmakers make a wrong turn, slow down and let the Japanese pass them up?