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Originally Posted by Moppie
There are not many series however where Japanese, American and European cars are raced together, largely because the US car market is so closed off.
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Incorrect, it is other markets that are closed to American cars not America being closed to forgeign cars. Just about every country that mass produces cars is represented in the US, not so in other countries.
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Basicly Europe, Japan and the rest of the world are far to enlightened to buy the majority of American Cars, and America is to ignorant to buy many European or Japanese cars. Exceptions being a couple of Honda's, BMW's and the odd Chrysler that get designed and manufactored in the US, and sold globaly.
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Enlightened as in imposing stiff tariffs on anything with four wheels from out of country, right, enlightened as Billy Bob they are. Your remark about Americans being ignorant to forgeign cars is probably the dumbest thing I've heard all week. Considering that 42 percent of all cars sold in America last year were manufactured by forgeign companies, I hardly think there is any base for your claim. As for American cars sold overseas, there is a lot of reasons why main stream American cars aren't widely sold globally.
Lets start with the fact that up until a decade ago there was no reason to sell overseas, the domestic market was more profitable than selling in Europe or Asia could have ever been. Then we'll move on to the vastly different driving enviroments in the world. Like for example how it's pretty damn hard to sell anything but microscopic gas sniffers in Japan. Why? Because thats what the driving conditions demand. A larger American car that has no problem slipping into a parking space in Kansas would be a sumo wrestler in Toyko. Trying to sell a car that doesn't fit the market is foolish and so you're not going to see a Crown Victory on a narrow coble stone road in Frankfurt. In America where basic transportation is all that is required from most drivers and the cost of owning a car and driving is low, the cars are built to suit. In Europe where it is stupid expensive to drive compared to America, demands on the cars are higher and they are built to suit.
Next we'll step back and remember that there is quite a few majorly distrubited American cars overseas, like the Ford Focus that has racked up seven digit sale numbers in Europe. Or the Fiesta which was Germany's top selling small car last year. And that Chevy posted a 25% gain just in the first six months of 2005
All in all Moppie I have to say, I'm dissappointed in you, I thought you were above unfounded remarks and blatant bigotry. But you have proved otherwise so I'm forced to conclude:
You're just a hater.