Something thats been bugging me

[XspudX]

Now I know that here in the US, car manufactuers can only have a certain amount of cars in the lineup to match the annual gas rate or something, but why is that?

I mean Subaru and Mitsubishi of Japan have twice as many cars out than they do in there American market.

If this is in the wrong forum, please redirect me.

[freakray]

If you look at the Japanese market and the cars Subaru and Mitsubishi have available on that market, they are catering to a far broader market than what they are catering to in America.

I truly believe their marketing strategy is correct based on the fact that many of the smaller models they offer in Japan would not be favored in America.

Speaking from experience, in South Africa there are many different cars available which are not available in America because of marketing strategy and consumer requirements.
South African gas prices are bordering on extortion so the lower the gas consumption your car has the better off you are (my sister just sold her Fiat Uno which had an 1.1l engine!!), in America I can afford to drive a 2.5l whereas in South Africa a 2.0 is considered a gas guzzler under the current economic conditions.

I think you will get where I am coming from on that tangent anyway - it is all about market requirements.

As for the initial question you pose, I had never heard that so perhaps somebody else could enlighten us both

[Steel]

wow. I can almost imagine driving around South Africa in a 528ci Hemi 'cuda. Oh man, i'd get shot.