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The US has a 10% market share in China of all places (http://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-2018-brands/ http://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-anal
by etaioinshrdlu 8y ago
The US has a 10% market share in China of all places (http://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-2018-brands/ http://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-2018-brands...), and apparently it used to be higher. That seems pretty decent actually. I've heard that the Chinese market enjoys American cars quite a bit.
Let's not forget that Tesla is an American brand and is rather crushing it in certain non US markets such as Norway...
- nexuist 8y agoI think it's a fair assumption to say that Tesla is not like other American car brands and thus is not perceived in the same way by foreigners.
- fit2rule 8y agoAnecdotal evidence: I've been involved in a few Tesla evaluations in Austria, and one thing that was common to all of them, conclusions-wise was "Tesla is a typically American car, but not your typical poorly-designed American car - just a bit better quality, in general, than your average American car" - but still, Tesla is not viewed anywhere nearly as high-quality in terms of production, as BMW or Mercedes-Benz models in this same market. People are only buying Tesla in Austria because of the energy factor - not because they prefer the design over what Mercedes-Benz can do. And the moment these European manufacturers start competing on energy features, Tesla becomes less palatable, except for those looking for that "counter-market American caché" ..
- oblio 8y ago*cachet
- oblio 8y agoNorway is a small market.