NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/autos/32561

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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:28:08 -0500
From: "Jason M. Roth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Politics of car buying
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Gustaaf writes:

>Well, I lived in Germany for seven years and I assure you, it is
certainly much more than the low teens; the lates figure I have is
around 20-25%. But this is beside the point anyway, my point was that in
a market like Germany the Japanese outsell the American made cars by at
least a factor 10 (I deliberately give a low estimate), where none of
the two receives any preferential treatment.

A factor of ten!? What is this, the New Math!? You're claiming that 2%
of all cars in Germany are American, while around a quarter are
Japanese. Of course, if you only count those designed, built, and
assembled in the US, perhaps this counts, but why would US makers bother
with their affiliates right there. If you include the European divisions
of US companies, the numbers will shift radically (as US #s would if
Ohio-assembled Hondas, Tennessee-assembled and Calif.-styled Toyotas,
etc. were called non-Japanese), and you'll find that cars tailored to
Europe, but still fundamentally American, are quite accepted in dem
Vaterland.

JMR
HSK

'93 SL2, blue-green