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I'm not an expert on this subject, I'll admit, but it's pretty known that because of the oil crises in the US, Japanese cars were able to achieve a foothold in the US that expanded to be a huge share of the market. To paraphrase my father, "because they're fuel-efficient since they aren't gas guzzlers, and because they're easy to work on." From what I've heard (mostly from my father and people I've known who've been to Europe), French cars have a reputation for being small, cramped, and underpowered in the US, which I'd assume means that translates into fuel-efficiency.

So with this in mind, it seems odd to me you don't see any French cars in the US. Is there any POD which can allow any French automobile manufacturer to gain a base in the US? Could we have Peugeots and Renaults being a common enough sight on US roads, which have are assembled partly or entirely at a factory in the US? Could the French automotive industry gain a strong position in the US at the expense of the Japanese? I'm curious.
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