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- From: hhm@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (herschel.h.mayo)
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying
- Organization: Chicago Home for the Morally Challenged
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:33:12 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.143312.18856@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- References: <1993Jan20.020843.6003@EE.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan20.180843.2074@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
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- > >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...
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- That sounds bogus to me, too. I was in Germany two summers ago, and I asked my
- German host why there were so few Japanese cars. He stated that they are limited
- to 15% of the market, and no more. It was my impression that the common market
- is heavily protected.
-
- Larry Mayo
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