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Old 14th May 2018, 03:12 AM   #2
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There are echoes of the 1970s, where a US auto industry with a set of gas-guzzling vehicles was completely unprepared for a shift in customer demand to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. I think that Ford at the very least will be better placed this time around.

The increase in globalisation and global standards means that it will be less difficult to re-introduce other models than 45 years ago (GM OTOH would have greater challenges). I also think that there have been major advances in fuel efficient engines so that the US could still have enormous vehicles but that they won't be as woefully inefficient.
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