FCA Proposes a Merger with Renault

wilber1 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:
It doesn't matter what the Chinese market will buy in regards to our tow vehicles. North America is a big enough market to have multiple truck brands like Chevrolet, GMC, Ram Ford, Nissan, Toyota, and Honda with vehicles specific to our market and still be profitable. Heck, I would wager that a few other foreign truck brands could also join in if they built a factory here like Nissan, Toyota, and Honda did and make vehicles we actually want instead of just small trucks.

The 25% tariff on light trucks doesn't hurt either.

Didn't help either since Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Suzuki, VW, Mitsubishi, and Isuzu all sold trucks in the US while the 25% tariff was in place. However, it was was not made to protect the big three. It was negotiated between LBJ and the UAW to protect US union jobs in return for the UAW support for LBJ. It seemed to work as intended since all foreign makes who currently sell trucks in the US(Nissan, Toyota, and Honda), all build them in the US while the rest went the way of the Dodo.

Although, all those foreign makes that went bye-bye were only selling trucks that most US buyers didn't want so they did not sell well here. They were trying to sell us what they thought we needed instead of what we wanted. Toyota did the same with the small Tundra that in between a midsize and a half ton because that is what they thought we needed. The Tundra did not sell well until it went to a full half ton. Same goes for the half ton/three quarter ton Nissan Titan XD tweener truck. They built it because they thought most N/A truck buyers don't need a full 3/4 ton HD truck. How well is that working out for them?