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Atlee
Jun 01, 2018Explorer II
And there is a reason there has not been, nor, probably, ever will be that type of foreign competition. It's call volume. The entire yearly output of RV's, of all kinds, is something like .5 million. Compare that to the couple of million in motor vehicle market.
Can't imagine there will ever be a large enough market that offers foreign manufacturers a large enough incentive to jump in.
Besides, as far as I know, the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese don't have a domestic market for RV's, especially of the size we Americans desire most.
Can't imagine there will ever be a large enough market that offers foreign manufacturers a large enough incentive to jump in.
Besides, as far as I know, the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese don't have a domestic market for RV's, especially of the size we Americans desire most.
ScottG wrote:profdant139 wrote:
I can't argue with the OP's central point -- buyers need to be vigilant. And quality control in the RV industry is not as good as in the car industry.
I am not sure why that would be true, though. The US car makers ramped up their QC only after foreign competition forced them to do so. Why isn't the same market force at work in the RV industry??
I think the reason it isn't true of the RV industry is because the domestic manufacturers don't have any high quality competition like they did with auto's from Japan.
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