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ChadTower:

That's not what he said.  He said "a lot of vehicles", not ALL vehicles.  Note that all of those you mentioned are quite expensive.  You couldn't manage that same conversion on a lower end car and still make a profit.

danny_galaga:
ok, but he seemed to imply that french cars have inferior technology which is just silly. like somehow american cars must be the cleanest in the world and french ones belch garlic...

all world class cars will pass EPA tests (even korean cars)...

patrickl:
The US has different safety and emission regulations , but I'd say they are on average less strict than the European ones. The difference might require extra investments though.

Level42:
How about Skoda ?  I never saw a Skoda in the US when I was there on holiday last year ;) ;) ;) ;)

Nice car, even though it's Chech built. It really just is a Volkswagen...and there are LOTS of Passats over there !

I have to say the US cars have come up quite a bit over the last 10 years here in Europe. Especially Chrysler has done their homework. Before that period, you only bought an American car when you had plenty of money, wanted a gas-spiller, wanted to be watched while driving (in a negative sense), wanted a terrible steering car, wanted it to "sponge" over the road, wanted quality that sucks.
I think US cars improved in almost all territories that I mentioned here....but they still are gas-spillers...

My cousin and I always joked (while watching American series/films) that the American police would catch LOTS more crooks if they would switch to tight-steering, asphalt hugging, light-weight, FAST european cars like f.i. BMW's.... you always see how the bulky police cars break-out in those movies while doing tight turns....loosing precious time and distance :D

ChadTower:

Erm, yeah, and if they had the money to drop $70,000 on each cruiser (before specialized equipment), they'd catch more crooks too.

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