Gnil:

Not seing US cars in some european country in not only because of the build quality ( which used to be a big issue but not so today ) , it has A LOT to do with national preferance to his own car makers . 

In Switzerland , we see quite a lot of US cars, loads of Mustangs , loads of Jeeps , and loads of Tesla . Not so much of the others expect for some occasional Camaro , Corvettes, Cadillac , and a few Ford pick ups , like the Raptor .

As we do not have to protect our own car industry ( we don't have one ) + we don't have that engraved subconscious national preference for home brands, we are much more open to the other car markets . Just look also at how many Japanese or Corean cars we have compared to Germany or France .

 The consumer here will choose according to what he gets for his money, and for example, with the Mustang you get a lot for your money compared to a same priced Golf or A3 .  You get more plastic , less perfect fits, but a huge powerful engine , a look that people like , and a car that is actually probably for fun on sub urban traffic congested roads . 

Sweeden , Finland also have quite a few US cars .  Germany and France are not Europe , just a part of it . 

Fully agree.  A French person can look out at their streets full of Renault, Citroen, etc. and says - nationalistic? Moi? Smiley And of course every country that manufactures is the same.  Interestingly, one could argue that the US is actually less nationalistic than EU countries that have their own industry, as combined market share of Japan, Korea, and EU cars is very significant (as I recall domestics have only about 40% of the market).


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