The Eclipse, Galant and the new Spyder autos that roll off the line of the Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America Inc. plant in Normal, Illinois, some 140 miles southwest of Chicago, are virtually free of defects. They reflect a good combination of Japanese design, which stresses continuous improvement, and American assembly and engineering skills.
All the major defects, it seems, are walking around inside the plant. That's what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in charges filed against Mitsubishi three weeks ago, in what may turn out to be the biggest federal sexual-harassment lawsuit in history. If the courts rule in...