Shel_B
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Over the past few years, I've been aware of the much greater number of foreign marques in my area compared to American brands.
This morning, for example, I counted 22 cars visible from my window, and they were all Japanese or German brands ... 18 Japanese and the balance German, Audi or Mercedes. Our secure parking lot has space for 22 cars, and all but one (a Ford Fusion) are Japanese.
The only American branded vehicles that there are clearly more of are full-sized pickup trucks. The medium-sized trucks seem to be dominated by Toyota Tacomas. There is one two-block street in Berkeley that is home to (at last count) 19 Prius models.
When I've travelled across the country, it seemed that once away from the coast, there were a much greater number of Ford and GM cars in many areas.
What have you observed where you live?
This morning, for example, I counted 22 cars visible from my window, and they were all Japanese or German brands ... 18 Japanese and the balance German, Audi or Mercedes. Our secure parking lot has space for 22 cars, and all but one (a Ford Fusion) are Japanese.
The only American branded vehicles that there are clearly more of are full-sized pickup trucks. The medium-sized trucks seem to be dominated by Toyota Tacomas. There is one two-block street in Berkeley that is home to (at last count) 19 Prius models.
When I've travelled across the country, it seemed that once away from the coast, there were a much greater number of Ford and GM cars in many areas.
What have you observed where you live?