ShinerBock wrote:
But that is just it, they did have outside competition, but it came and went the way of the Dodo because we were not interested in the type of trucks they were selling. Isuzu, Mitsubishi, VW, Subaru, Mazda, and even Suzuki all had truck offerings in the US, but instead of selling to what US buyers wanted, they sold to what foreign market wanted which will not work here.
So it wasn't the fact that the chicken tax saved domestic brands from having foreign truck competition, it was the fact that the foreign truck competition did not know the market enough to sell a competitive product that the people wanted. Nissan and Toyota were the only foreign makes to sell a full size truck and it just so happens they are also the only foreign makes that still sell trucks today. Coincidence?
The reason for the higher price is due to giving people what they want and they are willing to pay for it, not from lack of competition due to the chicken tax. If demand shifted, then I would grantee prices would follow.
It was actually introduced because of the impact VW vans were having at the time. Other countries aren’t interested in the US market because they are at a 25% disadvantage right from the get go. If the tax isn’t needed, why is it still there? At the risk of being political, there will never be tariff free auto sales with other countries while that tariff is still in place and it will never go because it would damage Detroit’s most lucrative market. The very market it has bet its future on
