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Import Cars vs. Domestic Cars, Which One To

Choose?

Often you hear people protesting the United States consumers buying import products. People feel that you

should "buy American" to boost the American economy and keep our money circulating inside the nation. This

really comes to a head hen you look at the argument o!er hether people should buy import cars or domestic

cars. Those ho argue for domestic cars such as ord or #eneral $otor ill tell you that they are helpingAmericans because the money they spend ill e!entually go to American orkers building cars in factories

instead of going o!erseas. They ill say that they are helping Americans by buying American and that ill

help the economy.

%ell it doesnt &uite ork that ay.

'ets agree on some things and try to get some things straight. (ts generally agreed upon that )apanese and

#erman cars tend to be better than American cars in &uality. That is a ord may be cheaper than a Toyota but

in the long run the Toyota is much more reliable and ont ha!e engine problems *generally+ and usually ont

need to be taken to the repair shop to be fi,ed until its !ery old. A ord on the other hand might break don

and cost you thousands upon thousands of dollars in repairs after -ust a year or to. So hy should e choosethe ord o!er the Toyota %hy do people choose American cars o!er foreign cars

$uch of the reason for that is because foreign cars especially cheaper )apanese cars tend to be lighter *though

much more fuel/efficient+ than American cars and Americans like to feel more secure in their bulkier hea!ier

American !ehicles. Although lu,ury #erman and )apanese cars tend to be hea!ier they still arent as hea!y

as say the 0ummer *nor do they use up nearly as much gas hich ould sa!e a lot of money in the modern

day+.

And theres still yet another reason hy you shouldnt necessarily "buy American" brand cars all the time. (n

this day and age import brands such as 1issan Toyota 0onda $itsubishi $ercedes/2en3 and 2$%

usually build most or all of their !ehicles in America. This is easier for them because they ill send in parts

from their home countries and then construct the !ehicle in America so that they dont ha!e to orry about

flying the completed cars across the seas to the United States. On the other hand if you are in fact "buying

American" you might find that you arent buying American at all. %hy is that %ell American car companies

such as ord and #eneral $otors outsource their ork all o!er the globe to Asia and 4urope and $e,ico and

other countries. They usually ha!e the indi!idual parts made in foreign countries and the import them to

construct the cars in America.

5o you see a parallel (n the end it seems that both American and foreign car companies ill build their parts

outside of America and constructing them inside. So hen you consider buying American think again about

ho youre helping and make the choice based on the cars &uality/not on hich country manufactures it.