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Originally Posted by scottmandue
There is also a European Vs American demographic... generally speaking America has (had) wide open spaces, super highways, and (had) cheap gas.
Europe has older narrower roads and expensive gas.
Thus America developed land yachts while Europe developed smaller more efficient cars.
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That's a lot of it. Add to that the European auto industry was largely wiped out and they had to start over with new factories and new tooling to meet these demands, while the US industry could continue to evolve naturally.