American Cars In Japan

Japanese consumers still buy hardly any american cars.
American cars in japan. Kenji kobayashi executive director of the japan automobile importers association which represents foreign car companies in japan says structural barriers are lower than they used to be. Alexi visits the american picnic day car show at odaiba to see how the japanese. Six others including mitsubishi honda hmc and nissan nsanf are battling each other for what market share is left. General motors only has 28 dealerships in japan and sold about 1000 cars there in 2016.
Japan is such an old country that their streets and garages were designed for rickshaws. American cars from japan american cars are available from auctions dealers wholesalers and directly from end users throughout japan. Indeed ford pulled out of japan where it had sold only 5000 cars annually last year. Alexi visits the american picnic day car show at odaiba to see how the japanese take on american car culture.
Historically the main reason was that american cars didnt fit the tiny streets that japan has. Trump wants more american cars in japan. Japans drivers donttrump wants more american cars in japan. Japan is dominated by one behemoth automaker toyota tm.
One thing hasnt changed since the 1980s when donald trump started criticizing japan over trade. No american cars dont sell here because foreign cars even ones we consider luxury like bmw or mercedes have a resale value lower than the comparable japanese car in the same market space. Theyre available in new used salvage and restored grades.