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According to the talking points UAW, the Japanese car market is closed to foreign imports and the yen artificially low maintained Utter madness both account customs duties on new imported cars in Japan is exactly zero, and the yen is so vulgarly expensive than the Japanese automakers openly threaten to go private traveling as much production as possible out of the country without the knowledge of speaking in points players, Japan has had a car import market booming for decades for more than a year, imports in Japan showed a slight increase took TTAC about this for a while, here and here and also here.
Today, the Nikkei under advised the fact that imports become warmer in Japan despite a tepid new car market The Nikkei sent a reporter to a showroom Audi, BMW interviewed a client, noted a change in society My wife prefers foreign cars, so that's why we bought a bank clerk exchanged its domestic car for BMW told the Nikkei They have a fuel efficiency that Japanese cars, but it is not a big problem because we drive the weekend.
Now, what is really happening with imports in Japan Let look a little closer.
At first glance, we see that Japan has been importing foreign cars for a while in decent quantities The peak was in 1994 with around 400 000 units The low was in 2009, when everything was low in 2010, unit sales were already over 200,000 with an upward trend in market share gives a better picture of sales units we show the share of passenger car imports, because that's what's mainly imported 8 percent of the 2011 market share is from September 2011, we will not show this year in unit sales, because we do not have them, they are in place.
Now we look at matters the mostest left, we have sales in September, the market share is the share of total imports, not the share of the total market, we see sales of September 2010, and growth compared to September 2010 then the whole experience again for the first nine months.
What do we see as long as I can remember, Volkswagen was the largest importer in Japan this year, only by combining all Volkswagen Group brands could defend us this honor on a single core brand, Nissan is the largest importer Japan, followed the usual suspects BMW and Daimler, have followed the way back in the field by a motley crew of Fiat-Chrysler brands and Toyota's next already imports the same amount as all Fiat-Chrysler Ford and GM brands way back in the field.
Imagine Small Porsche sells more cars in Japan as Ford and all of GM's due to weak car sales in the United States in Japan is simple People want cars imported People Alright just don t have a passion for cars American stepchild Fiat Alfa Romeo is outselling GM brand bestseller, the Cadillac.
Now look at the car growth rate that sell in significant numbers Germans are not growing by much of what is really growing are Japanese imports Nissan almost three times already imported as many cars the year than during the same period of 2010 Toyota also intensifies imports last year, Toyota imported 10,000 units per year This year, the brand had already reached 10,000 in September already, 27 percent of imported automobiles in Japan Japanese brands.
If the yen remains strong, this trend should continue.
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It's been a while since Chrysler owned Lamborghini, this list must be updated Japan has the highest trade barriers of all, the very nationalistic consumers intolerant of goods Outsider nothing unfair about it, at the end of day consumers in all countries with closed minds lose limited to inferior products Koreans make huge progress in America, Europe and China, but had to abandon Japan VW has always been a small niche that has not been able to grow Morgan and Mitsubishi both imported the same number of cars 3, which quite interesting art.
I think the problem is in the United States just doesn t do the type of cars that Japanese customers want we light trucks driving in the left hand and larger cars while Japanese customers want flywheel manually small cars Asian countries nearby with the important automotive industry such as Korea and China are also left the training market in hand.
I think there are a lot of chicken eggs or current If consumers aren t going to buy foreign brand cars so why manufacturers put all efforts on the Japanese market if manufacturers put any foreign labels efforts on the Japanese market then why consumers should buy their cars.
All major manufacturers, including Hyundai, has an almost complete range of RHD cars in the UK, Australia, South Africa and India, I think the calculation of the automaker is something I can push my best RHD cars in the Japanese market, and because of consumers nationalists, always end with, at best,.
70,000 or less sales than the first importer of foreign labels, VW will have in 2011, or I can import a piece of shit LHD Cavalier and make a political statement when someone buys a GM might get, at best, 50,000 sales RHD Opel or Vauxhall's probably not worth it to establish a presence in one of these brands in Japan.
George B nail hit on the head of Japanese imports of American cars jump 500 exaggeration ok sweet if we built just right hand drives imagine the success of Toyota they sold only LHD here the economy of scale, penetration market niche, blah, blah, blah.
I think the problem is in the United States just didnt do the type of cars that Japanese customers want Agreed.
I do not think it's something RHD LHD, as much as that of North America are conditions that are different from the rest of the world cheap fuel and long distances to lead to a preference for affordable mass market large vehicles Lutz probably right to say that national policymakers would be an easier way to go with fuel taxes, they serve to provide a north American taste more in line with the rest of the world.
The F-150 is the best perennial seller in North America, it is a vehicle, reliable, durable, well built is probably almost impossible to sell abroad those who absolutely must have a foreign pickup is likely opt for something like the smaller, more spartan Toyota Hilux don t I think it would be great fun driving an F-150 or Tundra for that matter in Tokyo.
Similarly, imported vehicles that are big sellers in North America adapted to the North American traditional tastes witness the recent success of the Jetta Americanized, or only Honda in North America.
I sat in RHD models of Chrysler, Ford and GM to Teh Tokyo Auto Show in 1995. The myth that American car companies don t do is just a myth The truth is a lot of cars are controlled LHD because its status symbol When imports were high due to the yen value explosion I was driving past advertisements for American brands regularly saw them on the road, and they got 45 K for a Mustang, 95K for a Cadillac Coupe and 40K for a grand Cherokee, all prices much higher than here Jeep and more than Japanese cars.
GS650G, can you tell me what cars to the United States designed Ford and GM are available in RHD I know the CTS and SRX there more.
I do not think it would be great fun driving an F-150 or Tundra for that matter in Tokyo.
No worse than a delivery vehicle, I drove large domestic vehicles Euro in Naples, Italy It can be done Parking sucks well.
I think only us Americans covet big American-style trucks to Asians, American trucks probably look as crazy as we think some of microcars watch.
Vw has lambo, as stated in the article, as a group increased 15 Japan 25 They market import market just as the Americans are not interested in some German brands the Japanese are not interested in American cars.
I seem to remember the same talking points UAW from a variety of Big 3 and policy frameworks of the Rust Belt nice to see management and labor agree on something.
Only if you consider the discussion points of the 1980s and 90s, while the statement was probably true.
I must say that, in my eyes, your card doesn t support your argument very much an import penetration of less than 10, with no discernible trend over a period of 18 years doesn t look like much of a case for a market open to me and, as your article points out, a significant proportion of imports of Japanese vehicles brand manufactured elsewhere, I'm curious if there's any other OECD country imports only control 10 market share retail, I doubt a bit ago.
That said, obviously RHD is a problem and a big barrier to entry for manufacturers who primarily serve markets drive on the left hand Either they ask their customers to drive on the wrong side of the car or they incur significant tooling and production costs to manufacture RHD models that will likely sell in small volumes and, to the extent that vehicles manufactured in the United States are concerned, there's no doubt that they fail to meet the needs of the Japanese domestic market geographically smaller and denser.
At this time, given the size of the Japanese market and demographic trends in Japan, this question seems close to becoming who cares.
Yes, who cares Japan is only the third largest national automobile market in the world.
DC Bruce, yes, there is another country which has also a penetration of 5 parts import market in Korea surprised the OECD published its report last year and all of their surveyed countries, Japan and Korea were dead last Sorry, I do not buy Japanese apologists assertions that the Japanese donation want t buy American Chinese, thus making the Japanese so special It can not be coincidence that Korea and Japan are at the bottom of the list OECD obviously some better reports may dig, not just looking for a clippings to get to the truth, I remember some years ago when I looked in the bag Japan Inc stuff, I came across this little gem, he took Toys R Us 4 or 5 years to open its first store in Japan on red tape and dead ends implemented by different ministries in Japan were deadly, I want say how dang Blooded is a toy store to the national honor, prestige and security now, imagine the largest automaker trying to do business in Japan the cozy relationship established by MITI December ades ago and its remains are today ' hui proper investigation because the glaring statistics stink to high heaven.
The Chinese also buy VWs that uses a platform next 20 years.
Does everyone PLEASE ditch fascination RHD LHD This is absolutely not a factor in most of the cars on this list are from Europe LHD countries Nobody even talks RHD be a factor in the sale of cars UK Australia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, much of Africa, any player on the left If a plant can t do both types of the car, I recommend the dynamite.
The Japanese aren t stupid It costs a lot of money to import a car you really want a vehicle to put the dollars to buy something servant can do as well or better than I betcha all Fords are either Mustangs F150 or s If you were to get something out of the country, you're going to buy a merger or Lucerne.
It's interesting that VW did so well the prestigious VW does not like BMW Merc, and it's not really a better car in a segment of a Toyota, Honda or even a Nissan.
It was 20 years ago, the Japanese had a British thing going, and imported many Minis and RV8s so I do not see why they wouldn t have a German thing happening now.
So lets get straight, Europeans, Japanese and now the Chinese are stupid because Americans do not like brands VW Hmmmm Think about it for a while.
Well xenophobia maybe, but if GM and Ford lost hadn your field for 40 years, straight people might be talking about how America would never buy a foreign car in quantity You know, like in the 50s domestic automakers have really f it up for an extended period for foreign manufacturers to really gain a foothold.
I think it was also more than a little to do with the annual road tax of Japan and the complete vehicle inspection sha-ken, because every two years road tax is assessed per liter of engine displacement, and you can get good European cars with small displacement engines to avoid paying higher taxes, and Japanese cars that are sold here and back in the States are available with engines in much smaller sizes than sold for abroad my Impreza 1 5 liter boxer, not the May 2 sold in the prestigious American or European cars like BMW Benzes are bought by people whose income is large enough that it's not a problem American cars face a problem because a Ford Fusion is just not in the same league as a BMW 5 Series or Mercedes Benz E class with similar displacement engine despite paying price very similar for each product at above 2 liters sides of punitive taxation I also assume that the price of sha-ken make me want to commit seppuku were I was driving an American car, not that I tS cheap for Japanese car .
Thus, the peak of all time for imports in the Japanese market is April 8, and that is a sign that imports are booming Please only Toyota had A17 US market share in 2009 Even in Germany a very loyal market share was close to the total share of imports in Japan No, these figures are signs of very, very bad import sales in Japan.
And why not import taxes; you rightly point that the customs duty on new cars imported to Japan is exactly zero, but taxes are not the only obstacle to market.
The fact is, it's incredibly difficult to certify a foreign car sold in the Japanese market Ditto for Korea It takes months and months and considerable expense This expense is naturally passed on to customers.
The result is a foreign car sells well more than a comparable vehicle in Japan In the US, VW GTI and Mazdaspeed3 are the same price in Germany, they're 200 Ditto the other in Australia, to exclude any bonus RHD.
In Japan, the GTI cost 1 million more Mazdaspeed Axela That's a premium of 13 000 price for a car that sells for similar prices in all major markets worldwide.
Some comments Tokyo Taste Japanese market becomes boring than ever.
Would be difficult to think of a country to purchase millions of Camrys and agreements, but there are only 4 categories of hot sale in Japan.
K-micro car production abroad ever made a car to classify this hybrid category without competition, monopoly Toyota mini van LHD not too much, but sliding door on the right side is very important for obvious reasons safety few imports gives the door on the price category Compact conscious supercar left This is Thailand built Nissan Micra March falls only in VW Peugeot offers something in the reasonable price and Koreans are out of the question emotional matters between cultures, they drown away after selling under Porsche.
So with nothing in these 4 categories means, must fight on niche markets, including, unfortunately, 4-door sedan that perhaps about 20 to 30 of the total market volume.
In each niche, imports are fine, i e Audi TT was the most sold off in Japan last year combined number of MB BMW Audi on the road is a lot more than Lexus.
Another problem is that cars are consumed in large quantities near the countries where import dealer networks are relatively low The biggest buyers without access to products while importers benefit faily high margin businees in the urban area when purchased as expensive status symbols hobby.
Why didn t Ford leverage its ownership of Mazda is beyond me Oh, yes, they're only good trucking Not much else.
Ford had some success with a dealer called Autorama selling rebadged Mazda 121,323,626 as Festiva Lazer Telstar as anonymous affordable cars in the 80s and 90s, of course, not like imports, but ironically boosted Japanese exporters to sell in AP region and then perhaps raise Yen, they eventually offset these mainly European models made during migration, they confused customers that Ford is aligning Telster it cheap Mondeo sub-Europe premium Tauraus ripoff prices, in the same showroom, and never could find both established reputation After all, Big3 made a halfway decision-making on Japan rather than position it as serious market to RD export or production center with what they had under the GM umbrella were Suzuki and Isuzu, Subaru and then later, Ford and Chrysler had had Mazda Mitsubishi Motors OM I, Ford was the most successful using Mazda car as also tourism RD arm of GM was once a successful sale of their VW Opel and finally removed fo r a reason didn t understand consumer.
Anyway Big 3 still trying to make money with Japan with an idea UAW doesn t like.
I live in Japan and I know quite a few of the automotive industry here and I can tell you that the gift does sell American cars here one because they are generally not well adapted to the market ie too and b because they still have the image of being wrong, unreliable and with a big hassles involved in obtaining parts Yes, I know, a lot of what's in the ark, but mud and sticks no matter the quality of new cars and they are good, he always takes a lONG time and serious dollars to find a just reputation request Audi in the US it did not help that some private importer gee-whiz back in the old days were brought a large batch of Yank iron and then sold to huge price when he realized he could not find buyers for then sacked and the resale value and for this age-old belief that Motown Japanese buyers rush to buy of motorcyc American res if only they had the chance and the Big 3 as has been unfairly blocked wasn t on the market, forget it is a thing mindset as much as anything unless you're a Porsche or a Gucci-to- say you have a brand, it is difficult for anyone to make inroads in Japan one of the reasons VW has done here is that the cars were always marketed through high quality dealers, dating back to the Beetle days of the 50s, and VW's still have that quality, made in Germany image for them is the VW Golf is the most sold traditional import from Japan is something else Why Japanese buy American cars unlike this giant and practical range of Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Hondas, Mazdas, Daihatsu, Subarus and already Suzukis on the market to say nothing of BMW, VW and Mercedes, as well as the Germans put the time, money and efforts to Jap it and see the results while Detroit comes generally bitched and moaned about the market closed, it isn constantly t just look at the long list of imported cars, you can buy, Morgan Unimog, and you can see that the Japan is more open than, for example, Korea but of course, you do not read or heard that when it really comes to it, Japanese don t buy American cars because the idea is too complicated it is too is out of our world and what would the neighbors, etc. That's the belief the reality may be different but s how people usually think Meantime, here's the surprise Some American cars are not going well in Japan Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes, Hummers while Astro vans and truncated Caprice are also high on the My neighbor has a cult list C6 Corvette loud just to show that Japan, as always, is full of surprises earth.
To say nothing of BMW, VW and Mercedes, as well as the Germans put the time, money and effort in Japan and see the results while Detroit comes generally bitched and moaned about the closed market continuously.
Yes, that's kind of what Detroit has long when approached about the production of import-style vehicles they make a small attempt and quickly pull the plug on them if they aren t best sellers They stop smoking after a year or when they need to advertise and try for 5 years.
This article is not telling the whole story of why the US and European imports represent a small percentage of Japanese and Korean domestic markets just read a few sentences below and check another article to see what truth about cars is Steve Biegun, a Ford strategist, at a conference in 2007 said this about Ford attempts to break into the Korean automotive market.
Ford was not broadcast commercials, except between 2 m and 6 m a showrooms Its floor space is limited by government regulations the Korean tax officials automatically checked everyone who bought a foreign car.
The tax control tactic was copied from Japan The Japanese have also adjusted the emission requirements, if necessary, to block the entry of foreign automakers, changing requirements, while shipments of cars were in transit , so they would not meet the emissions of specific ions on arrival.
What cars are allowed in are those luxury more expensive cars that don t Confront cars masses For example, the car 1 sales in Korea for 2011 was the Mercedes E300 CDi to just over 7000 sold in a market of 1,484,082 cars sold in other words a ratio of 7 1484 and is the largest selling imported car, the others have smaller numbers than that.
What about the industry closed rooms in Japan, while it may be a bias against foreign cars, a bulb is a bulb, a wiper blade is a wiper blade ice show me a foreign supplier of parts are not linked to a Japanese car manufacturer that sells in Japan.
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