Hyundai Pulls Out of Japanese Market

thay didnt told u to take one :D

The price of a car in different parts of the world has very little to do with local desirability. The Germans are more expensive in Japan because of import costs in addition to state-imposed taxes. The GTR is cheap in comparison because it is made in Japan. The reason why the GTR is roughly the same price in the US is because the US has very low import costs/taxes. They wouldn't readjust their prices based on exchange rates because the prices are set in approximate equivalence in different currencies, before the taxes, external costs, and other money-drainers are factored into price of the car. It's not like the GTR costs 80g USD and 80g in yen. That's not how it works.

YES, The USA has had cars too cheap for a long time, the rest of the 'Automotive' World bas been subsidising the USA for too long... The US loves KIA and HEEYUNDAY, goes to show their taste is in their FAT, UGLY, OVERWEIGHT arses..

And what, Lexus, Infinity and Acura never did?

well at least during my lifespan here in this world, i have not seen them doin like what hyundai did. Hyundai was just too obvious.

Not only protectionism. I read an article saying that some korean protesters were killing the Japanese national birds(which was gifted by the Japanese government I believe) with hammers outside the Japanese embassy. Protesting is one thing, but killing innocent animals that were friendly gifted to you, something's wrong with their brain. I will never buy any korean product myself. Many of their products(electronics) are heavily overpriced and quality is not that great. My friend got a samsung phone and he had to get T-Mobile to repair/exchange it 5 times within 1 year.

love german cars, but agree that the new cars coming out of korea provide superior warranty, std options etc., which make hyundai a great value. i enjoy being independent and not riding on the wave of of the collective masses.

even so, i think given the past history between the two countries, korean cars WILL NOT sell in japan. there is a big movement against china and korea, especially against korea, as the "korean wave" or korean pop culture is popularized throughout asia. the biggest pop stars in japan and the rest of asia are korean. since the rise of korean pop culture, anti-korean propaganda began appearing again. the nytimes published a piece on how the #1 selling comic/manga in japan for years was an anti-korean and anti-chinese filled manga akin to the anti-black eugenics movement at the turn of the last century in the u.s. ...