From pricey luxury sedans to popular hybrid cars, automobiles made overseas are stacking up at ports and parking lots around the United States as supplies far outstrip demand amid the nation's worst auto market in more than 25 years.

Toyota spokesman Mike Goss said inventory had been pushed to "unacceptably high" levels that would take 80 to 90 days of sales to clear.

That is still less than the 115-day supply of inventory on average for General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC, but it is double Toyota's inventory levels of just a year earlier.
(Reuters)

OK, so does there come a time when the cost of storing the cars becomes uneconomical for the automakers? Could we see cars being given away just to reclaim the land? Can we help these poor car makers?

What would be some fun things to do with all these unwanted cars?

If we took the tyres off we could use them as trains or roller-coaster rides.

We could distribute them as public art in parks and strange places - such as no-parking spots - like those coloured cows in Amsterdam and other cities.

One canny lady beat the financial crunch by letting customers smash plates - for a fee. What would be better than paying for a few baseball bats and having a smashing time at the expense of a brand new car?

Mind you, with the housing crisis still in full swing we may see the latest in bijoux mobile homes - no semi-detached please!

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