Originally Posted by
Kitdy
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The thing is, as gas prices rise again after the economic disaster, we wills tart getting those small European cars and they will cost a fraction of what they retail for in Europe. With FIAT coming here, we may well get the 500, and the Fiesta i s already on it's way over so North America is going to become more and more the best of both worlds as time goes forward and global architectures become more prevalent for automakers.
There are still cars that it will not be profitable to market in America, and they will not get sold there, regardless of globalization of the automotive infrastructure. We will also inevitably miss out on some of the engine offerings that don't comply with emissions standards over here (a problem that my fair state and CARB are happily compounding). The innate difference of the markets means that we will never have the same cars here and there and therefore it will always be apples and oranges.
"Kimi, can you improve on your [race] finish?"
"No. My Finnish is fine; I am from Finland. Do you have any water?"