On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Robert K Cullemore wrote:
> RSeidel908@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > PEUGEOT seems to think:
> > b) the only way to be a World Player is to be in the US market.
> >
>
> If they thought this to be the case (or at least firmly believed it to
> be true) wouldn't they have never left North America in the first place?
>
> The culture at PSA is not like that at VW. They'd be more than happy to
> sell cars only in France in a protected market and sod the rest of the
> world.
>
> Which parlty explains why they didn't alter their cars too much for
> foreign markets.
They will soon loose protection against foreign cars being sold in France.
Audi is a good example of a car company that almost died here, and now
has long waits for cars like the A4. Most of the Porsche Boxers are being
delivered to the US.