Until recently, he drove a Ford Americar, a common enough sedan that some 
might view as beneath his station, but that no one could ever consider 
pretentious. Besides, it was a car with an American name that also gave good 
fuel economy and had an adequate maintenance record. He never felt embarrassed 
by the car. On the contrary, it coincided with his own self-image: unassuming, 
efficient, task-oriented. Naturally, his superior, Bernard Ohara, took issue 
with this when the matter came to his attention, insisting that Enoshi lease 
through the company, through Exotech, a vehicle more suited to the senior aide 
of a director of Kono-Furata-Ko.