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"It's really bizarre, the American animus towards Asian cars." Based on the evidence, there is no American animus towards Asian cars. Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyun
by readthenotes1 2y ago
"It's really bizarre, the American animus towards Asian cars."
Based on the evidence, there is no American animus towards Asian cars.
Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai--heck, even Nissan--all sell well in the USA and have for decades.
It is not animus that drives American policy on any foreign car, it is fear. Toyota broke the American Big 3 back in the '70s, and BYD would destroy whatever hope there was for an American EV industry.
- iwanttocomment 2y agoToyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai and even Nissan have North American manufacturing facilities. The animus about those brands all lessened greatly once many of their cars were produced in North America.
- readthenotes1 2y agoThere never, to the best of my knowledge, was any animus. The only people who hated Datsun worked in Detroit