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Originally Posted by SlideWRX
 That can't be true; I know the Jeep Grand Cherokee is sold over there. A very 'not stringent' Fuel economy case. They use a 2.99~ liter engine because anything 3.0 liters or higher has a serious tax penalty. In the US, the smallest gas engine available is 3.6l.
The government simply doesn't allow importing large volumes of vehicles, to encourage local manufacturing. Most of the major automotive companies have set up local factories to produce/sell there. |
JEEP has been produced there since the 1980s.And now that they're more effeminate,and with modern powerplants and 9-speeds,they more efficiently fill a niche which has existed for decades.
Some passenger cars don't make the cut.The Chinese 'CAFE' standards are more stringent than the US.We're catching up though.
