GM Inside News Forum - View Single Post - First time in 102 years: Big 3 lose majority market share to imports

JVal14 · 08-02-2007, 11:22 AM

Everyone is making such a big deal about this, but it's amazing that it's taken this long for it to happen. How many foreign brands are sold in the U.S. now? There are only three American autogroups yet I can think of twice as many foreign makers that sell in the U.S. off the top of my head. And more and more imported brands are coming to the states all the time. Everyone wants a piece of the American pie, so it's only logical that everyone's piece will shrink.

Edit:
Toyota
Honda
Volkswagen
Porsche
Nissan
BMW
Daimler-Benz (or whatever they are now)
Hyundai
Fiat (soon)

That's not even counting the low-volume elites like Ferrari, Aston Martin and Lotus. Think of all the individual brands within all those companies. I give U.S. auto credit for holding on for this long.

08-02-2007, 11:22 AM	#13 (permalink)
JVal14 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 994	Re: First time in 102 years: Big 3 lose majority market share to imports Everyone is making such a big deal about this, but it's amazing that it's taken this long for it to happen. How many foreign brands are sold in the U.S. now? There are only three American autogroups yet I can think of twice as many foreign makers that sell in the U.S. off the top of my head. And more and more imported brands are coming to the states all the time. Everyone wants a piece of the American pie, so it's only logical that everyone's piece will shrink. Edit: Toyota Honda Volkswagen Porsche Nissan BMW Daimler-Benz (or whatever they are now) Hyundai Fiat (soon) That's not even counting the low-volume elites like Ferrari, Aston Martin and Lotus. Think of all the individual brands within all those companies. I give U.S. auto credit for holding on for this long. __________________ Blah blah blah....green green green....global warning....blah blah....carbon footprint....green green....blah blah....catch phrase...talking head...blah blah blah Last edited by JVal14 : 08-02-2007 at 11:30 AM.