I think a more interesting culture clash is the one between Toyota and GM. There was an episode of This American Life dedicated to the story[1], and it was eye opening (to someone not versed in the ways of car production). Interestingly, the plant that Toyota sold to Tesla (mentioned in the article) is the Nummi plant, around which the GM/Toyota partnership was centered.

[1] http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/n...