I don't believe it is inherent at all, it has become a lifestyle with automakers in the US. For so long the US big 3 owned the US as far as vehicles go, but once fuel efficiency came in, and brute force left, the table turned. However, latest sales figures have GM closing the gap on Toyota as the world largest auto seller. How?? Not sales in the US but sales overseas.

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