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Originally Posted by Christ
Obviously there is a demand, it's just not a "market" demand. In other words, people want them, but the majority of people do not.
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Not entirely true. The US auto industry has a long, long history of just building what they think Americans ought to buy, and ignoring the fact that a lot of us do buy something different - like the VW Beetle - when it's made available. Which is why they've gone from near 100% market share in the 1950s to maybe 50% today.
The unfortunate part is that their attitude seems to be contagious, so that whenever some foreign automaker comes in with a small, efficient car that steals market share, they soon start upsizing it to "American" standards.