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- From: jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:15:25 GMT
- Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
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- References: <1993Jan20.020843.6003@EE.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan20.164827.26864@zia.aoc.nrao.edu> <1993Jan20.180843.2074@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
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- c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
- >>In Germany, where there are even fewer restrictions on importing cars than in the US
- >>(no quota, no extra taxes on light trucks), Japanese cars are almost as successful as
- >>they are in the US.
-
- >I don't think so; I have the figures in the library, but I seem to remember
- >that Japanese car market share in Germany is at best in the low teens %,
- >while in the US is in the upper twenties or low thirties...
-
- Until January 1, 1992 there were extreme limitations on Japanese
- imports into Germany, so I would be really surprised if in the last
- year they've managed that much penetration.
-
- jim frost
- jimf@centerline.com
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