Before
the 1980s, US auto and truck sales were dominated by GM, Ford and
Chrysler. Toyota and Honda brands from
Japan along with VW brands from Germany were beginning to get popular. US
automakers, the US federal government and the UAW are to blame for the loss of
the US auto market to foreign competitors.
In 2018,
US consumers bought 15,209,850 automobiles and 1,403,401 trucks. US companies
sold 5,451,355 cars and 1,166,348 trucks. US automakers’ market share of
automobile sales is 35.8% and truck sales 83.1%. Unit sales by manufacturer are
listed below.
GM
2,954,037 (Chevrolet 2,036,023)
Ford
2,497,318
Toyota
2,426,672
Fiat
Chrysler 2,235,204
Honda
1,604,828
Nissan
1,463,877
Subaru
680,135
Hyundai
377,946
Kia
589,673
VW
354,064
Mercedes
355,413
BMW 354,698
Mazda
300,325
Audi
233,323
Jaguar
122,626
Mitsubishi
118,074
Volvo
89,263
Porsche
57,202
Total
15,209,850
US
5,451,355
Ford F
Series 451,138
Chevy
Silverado 291,074
Ram
Pickup 233,539
Toyota
Tacoma 116,266
GMC
Sierra 100,874
Chevy
Colorado 69,875
Toyota
Tundra 55,792
Nissan
Frontier 41,701
Nissan
Titan 23,294
GMC
Canyon 19,848
Honda
Ridgeline 14,988
Total
1,403,401
US
1.166,348
Restoring
middle class jobs and buttressing US manufacturing to support military
production if needed is underway. Tariffs will force foreign manufacturers to
establish more plants in the US to make goods consumed by US consumers.
Most
foreign car manufacturers already have manufacturing plants in the US. Supply chains will also need to locate their
manufacturing of auto component parts in the US to avoid tariffs.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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