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Old 02-12-2012, 05:35 AM   #10 (permalink)
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US cars do not sell well outside North America except for some places like the Middle East and in modified versions Australia. In Europe only some models sell and only then when they have been adapted for European tastes - Chrysler 300s with Merc Diesels, Jeeps with the same etc. This has been the case since WW2 - all those finned things and muscle cars and trucks never sold anywhere else.

GM spent a lot of money creating RHD Cadillacs which spectacularly bombed in the UK, and attempted to sell Chevrolet Blazers and even Corvettes - all bombed too. They also brought in a US Minivan (Sintra) which fell to pieces very quickly - it became the UK's least reliable car.

Ford brought in the Ranger in RHD form when the SUV craze took off here and sold quite a few but they all started to fall apart and have issues inside 2-3 years. Ford choked off the parts supply in order to kill off the ones sold - it was less hassle to force the owners to scrap them than deal with the complaints.

We do have big trucks here - they all come from Japan and have 2.5-3.5 Turbo Diesel engines - and mostly driven by muppets.
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