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Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman
They've been selling that exact car in Japan, pretty much unchanged, for... god, a lot of years. And they do sell quite a few of them there. I saw enough of them while I was there that I'd consider it a successful model. Maybe the reason it didn't take off in America is because there's been zero advertising for it; I honestly didn't know it'd made it over here till I saw this list, and I consider myself a car guy. Then again, it's also a lot easier to make an electric car successful in a small, densely populated country like Japan, as opposed to America where many people have commutes that are over a hundred miles a day.
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Oh sure, I know it's been in Japan for a while and it makes much more sense there. But I was referring more to some statements made by the head guys that that's the direction they want to go now and the image they want to have. And as you say, especially for America, I feel that is definitely the wrong way to go.