> The article is about European sales though. Which is probably the main point. It's well known that American companies sell a higher proportion of their cars

> The article is about European sales though. Which is probably the main point. It's well known that American companies sell a higher proportion of their cars in America than in Europe and vice versa. That a foreign company was ever outselling domestic producers in a region with a large automotive industry is an unusual and generally short-lived phenomenon.