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Originally Posted by Atocep
Our auto manufacturers have decided to specialize in massive SUVs and pickups that don't fit on European and Asian roads . Meanwhile, those countries are focused on smaller, safer, more efficient vehicles. We then complain that we can't sell our vehicles in those markets.
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To put things into perspective, Tesla was the second best selling brand in the Netherlands in 2024. It has been an erratic brand since 2018 (flipflopping between top3 and outside the top20), before 2018 it was niche. In 2025 Tesla has dropped outside the top10 again, presumably because car buyers no longer want to be supporting the wallet of Elon Musk (and Donald Trump's USA in general).
Ford used to be a well selling brand in the Netherlands. Sales in 2022, 2023 and 2024 were all a record low in the sales figures I could find for 1983 through 2024, but it seems to be picking up a bit in 2025.
Aside from those, there is no market for brands from the USA. Indeed, SUV's/trucks are too large for roads, they won't fint in parking spaces and garages either. And I'll repeat what I wrote twice already: nobody is buying a Chinese car, the well selling brands (not in order) are from Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Japan and South Korea.