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Why the 4th Generation Pajero is not sold in USA?, Can anyone tell why it won't sell there
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Market forces also dictate the reduced desire for a vehicle of this type in this market as well.
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QUOTE (AMON @ Today at 2:01 PM) | There's no demand for that vehicle. And Americans--being typical Americans--would opt for the all-American-made Jeep Liberty if given a choice between vehicles in the same market segment. |
You seem not to realize how little American's value their own products. However you are right that there is dropping demand for the vehicle. SUVs and trucks are dropping like flies in favor of fuel efficient vehicles. Awesome. It's about time people ditched these eyesores. Sports cars I don't mind being low fuel efficiency, at least it gets you there fast and in style.. SUVs will burn that much fuel just getting motivated... and they're ugly. Absolute waste of human resources if you are buying one just for the sake of having an SUV.
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QUOTE (The J @ Today at 2:06 PM) | You seem not to realize how little American's value their own products. |
You seem to have a delusional perception of the reality of the industry because American automakers have rigorously boycotted the presence of Japanese automakers for some number of years. In reality, of the nations that comprise North America, it's Canada that has little regard for a vehicle's country of origin. Proof of this can be found in the sales statistics for the Canadian auto industry: Canada's penetration of fuel-efficient (and, most notably, foreign) vehicles is so extremely high that it's literally unrivaled by every other country in the world, combined. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Australia heavily prefers their Australian-exclusive 8-cylinder muscle saloons, which is why they have their own unique rebadged iterations of Ford-derived motor companies, selling almost the same V8 sedans as sold in the United States.
The fact of the matter is an automaker's decision on whether to introduce a model into a particular market is banks heavily on demand; in the United States, there is obviously insufficient demand for a mid-sized/compact SUV with actual sport utility, especially when the weakening segment has already been completely claimed by Toyota's RAV4, Jeep's Liberty, Ford's Escape, et. al. Taking Canada as another statistical example, BMW's Z3 roadster (chassis code E36/7) was only offered in the top-of-the-line BMW M package in Canada because of the market's unique demand for 'the best of the best' when customers indulged in an expensive roadster. Similarly, Volkswagen decidedly doesn't offer the large majority of their turbo-diesel catalogue in the United States simply because there is nearly zero demand for high-economy diesel passenger vehicles.
I can go on forever about market exclusive models: Europe-only turbo-diesel Honda Civic, Canada-only Acura CSX, Japan-only Toyota Century, Europe-only Audi RS6, US-only Scion. These cars are sold only in markets where there is sufficient demand omitted from those without. And in the case of the Pajero, it seems that Mitsubishi has deemed that there is no need for them to continue this model in the American market.
This post has been edited by AMON on Apr 30 2008, 03:07 PM
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Here's what I'm basing my statements on An article regarding poor sales of the Liberty http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...ESS02/711020426An article regarding the best and worst picks for automobiles on Edmunds. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=124988Technically the Montero is discontinued because Mitsu not only sees demand dropping for it but also because it has no more $$$ to either market or conform it to US spec not to mention it's financially unstable. http://www.automotivearticles.com/123/Mits..._Diamante.shtmlThere are a few Americans that will go with American products simply because it's American. But you'll find the trend has been becoming more towards what you can get for for the price. There's even a commercial here in the US of Ford indicating their "quality is now equal with Toyota" (can you believe a company tacitly acknowledging they were inferior before?). You live in Canada. Don't presume to tell us what we do and don't like in such a condescending manner. Show me where the evil american auto industry has boycotted Japanese brands. This post has been edited by The J on Apr 30 2008, 03:20 PM
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Ok after reading that I understand what you are saying and I stand corrected. However I don't really feel that to an average citizen these have much of an effect when buying an equivalent non US vehicle. Not as much anymore anyway.
I just felt that for you to say that to say I'm disillusioned, to indicate Americans are not as compelled to buy American products as you believe; was condescending. If you didn't mean it in that way I apologize; it just seemed unfounded for you to accuse me of being disillusioned and proceed to venerate the wonderful world of Canada... Again sorry.
I'm not a mod on this forum so by all means. Feel free to disagree with my views.
This post has been edited by The J on Apr 30 2008, 03:40 PM
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