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- From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:47:50 GMT
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- jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes:
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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.
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- >>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.
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- >jim frost
- >jimf@centerline.com
-
- Can you guys check your statements and give some sources before you post?
- I can remember that the japanese Imports into Germany a couple of years
- ago were around 15%. I don't think that got worse for the Japanese. The
- cars are quite popular over there. Other countries like Italy and France
- have very stringent quotas. I hardly saw japanese cars in Italy.
-
- Peter
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