Surprisingly enough, there are cars that are not on sale in the States, there are many reason that go around as to why this is, but at the end of the day, these mainly European vehicles cannot be ordered despite that quality of the design and build.
Not available in the US:
Alfa Romeo Spider V6 model, Costs about $46,377.
Aston Martin Vanquish S Costs about $360,000.
Audi S3 Costs about $39,700.
BMW 1 Series Estimated U.S. Starting Price: Around $30,000.
Citroen C6 Costs about $54,000.
Fiat 500 Costs about $14,000.
smart fortwo Starting U.S. Price Under $12,000.
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Estimated U.S. Price: Around $35,000.
Nissan Skyline Costs about $25,000.
Peugeot 4007 Pricing Not Available.
The top euro brands like Renault, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat are not sold in the States, the only euro type cars that you are likely to be seeing in a showroom are the high end brands, Porsche, Ferrari and Maserati etc, even German brands have trouble in some States this has something to with the emissions.
Yet it was not that long ago when the cars above were readily available and were sold in decent numbers too. So what has changed?
It was all to do with the 1990’s the euro car makers were struggling with high costs and prices, plus there was a new revival of the Japanese car makers, like Toyota and Nissan, one by one the euro cars were pulling out of the States and concentrating on the home market, of which they have done very well, but still they will not return to the States.
There are the weak possibilities that with the modern hi tech diesels that there may be another euro invasion of the states, with clean and green cars taking the lead these days for consumers on both sides of the USA, these cars could be the leading edge for them
So it would appear that US car buyers could have a little bit more of a choice when choosing a new car, but how many will want to take the leap of faith is anyone’s guess, the US car market is huge and people have the likes and dislikes, could the euro cars get it right? We can only wait and see.
Source [Forbes]
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