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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...if GM is so enamored with the rest of the globe ahead of it's local (USA) customers, then MAYBE they should individually renounce their citizenships and move the whole she-bang to China?
...and be closer to their Buick customer-base.
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Hello from the world outside North America.
You remember us don't you ?
Shockingly the internet makes it here too.
The US car market dictates very little about what may sell in the rest of the world. The US market is big enough to have its own models, but that is the extent of the influence it has.
Actually lets be honest, very little sold firstly in the US makes it abroad at all. This has been the situation since WW2, apart from 'world cars' like the early 80s Ford Escort or late 90s Ford Focus.
We have a different range of Ford and GM models. We have a different range of Honda, Toyota and Nissan too. Our Subaru models are different too. Same for Suzuki and Daihatsu.
But GM is a world wide brand, so its kind of local to us all really. GM Asia is Isuzu and Daewoo amongst others, GM Europe is Opel/Vauxhall and so on. Chevrolet in the US is US and overseas made, here its actually just the brand name for Daewoo and made in the far east, nothing of it is made here.
The Volt is a Cruze. The Cruze is a Daewoo.
Which is made in Asia.
And sold all over the world.
Especially in China - the only market which is expanding, unlike Europe and the US where you take only market share from the competition.
So, TBH, if I was GM. I would look where I sell the most cars.
And it may not be North America.
And they probably have dual citizenship anyway.