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There is almost no overlap between cars that sell well in Europe and cars that sell well in the US (like this article is about). Two entirely different markets.
by nexuist 3y ago
There is almost no overlap between cars that sell well in Europe and cars that sell well in the US (like this article is about). Two entirely different markets.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoLuxury/mid-size SUVs seem to be quite popular on both continents. But yeah, compact cars and hatchbacks are hardly a thing in the US and no sane person in Europe would buy a pickup truck unless they actually needed one for work.
- coldtea 3y ago>Luxury/mid-size SUVs seem to be quite popular on both continents. Not the same ones.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoarguably, big trucks in the US are part of that niche; they offer a lot of high-end trims for something that was, a couple generations ago, strictly a work vehicle.
- holoduke 3y agoIn the Netherlands huge American pickups are very popular. I guess thats a relative good overlap.
- afavour 3y ago“Very popular” probably needs to be quantified. In the US pickup trucks are the best selling car type by far. I even see increasing numbers of them in NYC which is ridiculous.
- red-iron-pine 3y agopretty popular, and growing, in big city Canada, too. ngl, I occasionally ponder one
- ako 3y agoYou see some American pickups, but I wouldn’t call it very popular. They’re also very impractical, hard to park, very uneconomical. Not a very rational purchase. The only brand popular in both the us and the Netherlands is probably Tesla.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoWhat about Toyota, Honda, Ford, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai etc.?
- yurishimo 3y agoHondas and Subarus are not popular in the Netherlands. They exist but are very expensive, even for older models. Go spec a new Honda on their NL site; it’s insane. Toyota is popular with the Yaris being highly rated and reliable as measured by ANWB (Dutch AAA). Anecdotally I see a lot of Hyundais around where I live; the EV6/Ionic is a popular eclectic model.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoYeah, it probably depends on the country. I see quite a bit of Hondas and Subarus where I am but they don’t seem to be that popular in general. However the Honda Civic for instance seems to have had reasonably good sales figures in Europe between 2000 and ~2018 so there must still be some around.
- ako 3y agoThose are not American pickups, except for Ford f150, etc. And you don't see a lot of those in the Netherlands, very impractical. Regarding overlap of non-pickups, usually the models that are popular in the Netherlands are different from the models in the us. E.g., Toyota Camry is very rare in the Netherlands, same for Honda Accord.
- ffgjgf1 3y agoI was thinking more about Ford Escape, Explorer or even Mustang rather than the F150. Indeed I don’t see why anyone would buy a pick up like that in Europe for almost any reason. I thought we were talking about brands rather than specific models? But yeah the Camry is not that popular in Europe, RAV4 and Corolla are on both continents though.