Why Europeans Cars Outperforms American Cars || FOREIGN REACTS

[@foreignreacts]

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[@rokursic1525]

If you need cargo space, an American pick up is a bad choice, a closed delivery van small or large and a light truck with a double cabin for 5 people or a short one for 2 are better.

[@charlieunderwood1311]

Opel (German) and Vauxhall (UK) were bought by GM but produced cars that were different models to those in the US.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, some european models have been imported to USA but not as Opel or Vauxhall most were sold as Buicks. The second or third gen Opel Omega was sold as Cadillac Catera in USA. I ve seen videos of older Astras sold as Saturn and newer Insignias were also sold as Buicks if i m right but please correct me! Very old Opel GT and Manta were also sold there as Buicks!

[@fredshred5194]

Ford UK is different to Ford USA as well.

[@charlieunderwood1311]

@@fredshred5194 Very much so. Most European Fords are small with the Escort and Fiests being their top sellers over the last few years. They also went down the 'Hot Hatch" route, and in the 2000's a Sierra Cosworth could outpace a lot of supercars on a real road.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

@@fredshred5194 hi, they also imported european modells to USA. The first car i know was the english Ford Capri , another try was the Ford Sierra and Ford Scorpio Germany/Granada UK! They were sold as Mercury or as Merkur!

[@thedutchhuman]

I often look at American garages on YT, and when you see how often engines break down, drive shafts, brake systems, electronic failures, ventilation motors etc etc of American cars, and when you see how often a foreign car ends up in the garage there and only has a brake lining that needs to be replaced or a few spark plugs but never what the American cars have to undergo in repairs. And when you hear how proud they are of their ''solid American made cars'' ......

[@raisinette35]

Why not buy a semi? You can drive your kids AND your kitchen and bath around with you! *rolling my eyes*

[@florianfussl3769]

Pick up trucks are rated as trucks in Germany because they are too heavy. You can not drive them with a regular car drivers licence. That means you would have a small truck licence , what is quite expansive

[@robbypolter6689]

Not entirely correct, a permissible total weight of up to 3.5 tons is not a problem in Germany. Older car license holders can even drive up to 7.5 tons and with a trailer even up to 12 tons permissible total weight.

[@arnodobler1096]

The merger with Daimler and Chrysler almost broke Mercedes' neck. I saw a few years old ML models, their paintwork looked like they were 30 years old and had never been maintained. Cost over quality, he's absolutely right in the video. Short-term thinking vs. planning in decades, but this is also a phenomenon of other stock corporations.

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

Why would I buy (if I could) a 100.000 dollars or more pick-up truck I don't know what to do with when for the same amount (or less) I could buy a BMW? Plus, BMW will guzzle less gas and will be less of a problem to navigate through rush hour at narrow streets and will be easier to find a parking spot instead of paying 2 parking spots for a pick-up trucks. We in Europe simply see no purpose for those trucks; if we need to get some heavier load, vans can do it better and cheaper. For everyday driving, car rules.

[@martinbynion1589]

Opel (GM-owned) was the origin of most cars sold in Australasia as Holdens until it became too expensive to "build" (actually "assemble" ) them in Australia. And....Nissan cars are as good as Honda and Toyota...but cheaper! I've owned and driven 2 Nissans for many years and kilometres.

[@zexalex]

Had a Opel Vectra for 4 years and it was a good car, no problems and the design was spetacular for its time. More recently had a Open Insignia diesel for also 4 years and it was a very good car, no problems and again, very nice design, modern and clean.

[@Arltratlo]

i drive my Hyundai i10 for 7 years now, 1 problem with a rear brake...

[@paranoid9678]

@@Arltratlo had many opel never had big problem with it just normal car stuff and maintancs...... the quallity of material could be better , design is a matter of opinion but BMW pig nose and mercedes fake exsausts is something opel never did and first gen i10 wow not even i would touch it but it shows that even cheap cars can be good if you care for them opel cars are build for the working class someting audi vw total forgot and people still buy it in mass because it just a car not livestyle objekt until last gen you could easly finde a new opel i20 size for less then 13.000 an i know many people that got golf git or hyundai n30 or audi and in the enbd tehy still buy a opel as secound car just because it just works

[@supermolibden5037]

And I live in Poland (I'm Polish) and I have an American car from GM (1991Pontiac Grand Prix 3.1). I've had it for 30 years and almost everything about it has broken. But I still love him because he's a member of my family. Sometimes there is a problem with parts and no one wants to help. Regards . Adam from Poland

[@zuzauramek9850]

Buy now parts before Trump tariffs

[@olliet4264]

Przykro mi, Adamie z Polski. Części do amerykancow są drogie, a mechanicy nie zawsze chcą się w to bawić, współczuję ci 😢

[@Xamufam]

US cars are too big for Europe

[@andersolsson2523]

They are not!

[@m0n044]

​@@andersolsson2523 THEY ARE!

[@depressedutchman]

Good luck driving in Amsterdam or in Prague or even in Rome with a dodge ram...

[@karstenbursak8083]

GM bought Opel in 1929, and basically let the germans operate it on their own with a german management. Between 1950 and 1980 the reputation and quality was on par with the german "premium brands" like Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW. It all changed when Ronald Reagan took office in the US, and GM send american Managers to germany to implement good old american business philosophy to Opel: improving profits by cutting costs by all means, even if it means to sacrifice quality ... and as predicted, the quality and reputation went downhill. Positions in the upper Management if Opel became a revolving door, with managers veing measured by how much they cut costs and gained profits.

[@LucianoMMatias]

US management is all about cuting costs

[@MARKSTRINGFELLOW1]

US cars don't fit European roads

[@beldin2987]

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[@beldin2987]

Oh and thanks for the story, i didn't knew that one, i only knew that somewhere in the 80s, as an old Opel fan i switched to Mazda instead. So .. thanks Ronny for that also.

[@sjoukedijkstra7110]

Back in the day i had an Opel Ascona '78 built. It was considerably better rust proof than the '80 version, which saw completely rusted through fenders within 10 years. Cost cutting in steel quality and rust prevention!

[@robertgieseler1220]

As to OPEL, let's make a much longer story really short: The company's founder is Adam Opel (9 May 1837 to 8 Sept. 1895). In 1862, the German company first started manufacturing sewing machines, and from 1886 to 1940 OPEL produced bicycles. In parallel, however, automobile production began, making OPEL the largest automobile manufacturer in Germany during the period from from 1898 to 1928. In 1928, OPEL's production accounted for 44 percent of all motor vehicles. However, on March 17, 1929, Adam Opel's sons Wilhelm and Friedrich sold 80 percent of the company shares to the General Motors, and by 1931 GM had taken over the company completely. The main reason for this move was the onset of the global economic crisis. Fast forward: Since the merger of the parent company PSA with FCA to form Stellantis, OPEL has been the German brand within the Group, which was created in 2021. In 2024, Opel celebrates 125 years of automobile manufacturing. (I hope all of this makes some sense...)

[@nocturne7371]

Fun Fact: In Sweden we have a joke about Ford, we say it's an acronym spelling F - Fordrar - Demands O - Ordentliga - Major R - Reparationer - Repairs D - Dagligen - Daily

[@DontPanick]

Opel was the largest car manufacturer in Germany in the late 1920s with almost 50% market share. In 1929 Opel changed the company type to joint-stock and GM bought 80% the same year and bought the remaining 20% two years later.

[@karstenbursak8083]

The video is a few years old ... meanwhile Fiat-Chrysler and the PSA Group merged to form STELLANTIS ...

[@defizr]

Opel is German and Vauxhall is British.

[@VampyrMygg]

There's people in Europe who like old US cars, I've owned a few myself, but they're really old fashioned compared to European cars of the same era in some ways, but ahead in others, like I had a '76 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, it had electric windows, power steering, cruise control, AC, etc, meanwhile my first ever car was a 1985 Volvo 244DL, it had heated seats.... that's about it. :P Even the 1980 Buick Century I had, electric windows, AC, etc, first EU car I owned with any of that was a 2005 Opel Astra.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, in early years all three US car companys bought german or european car companys. So in WW2 when US soldiers discovered Na.. trucks or car/vehicle plants/factorys, they found out they fought against " themselves " because car technology was familiar/identical to US! There is a video from EAR Ed s Auto review to this on KZbin, it s a chanel to check out.

[@user-wh7hs2bc6m]

Hi, another reason might be the life circle of a car modell. Japan has something like the TÜV in Germany but more serious, so many cars fail, no more road legal, suspended from road and mostly no one will buy a car twice! So every three(?) years there will be a new developed car/modell to keep customers buying new cars. Thats why japanese cars change so often!

[@Redgethechemist]

Finland is quite an exception in Europe as it seems to me that there are far more American pickups than most European countries. I guess one of the reasons is that some people live in the countryside and need a 4x4 to do some chores like ploughing snow. Otherwise, there’s no point, you can’t park everywhere, you have to pay high car tax as it’s aligned with CO2 emissions, you consume gasoline far too much. Acceptable consumption for a good turbo diesel engine is 5-6 L/ 100 km or 7L for gasoline cars. American cars are way beyond. And now we see more and more hybrid and electric vehicles that reduce your expenses for commuting drastically. And considering the importation tax for an American pickup, you are already in the 100 k€ budget, with which you can buy a fancy Mercedes.

[@videosforeveryone66]

City sizes and the fact that they are old cities are part of how things work in Europe. It's called "the old continent". North America is called the new world so this continent is much newer than Europe. Europe wasn't built for cars, even the USA wasn't built for this until maybe about a few dozens years ago. Then the number of cars got out of control, so you in your country built larger cities, added loads of businesses and the distances got too large. So it seems like the urban planning is done pretty bad in the US and it should be properly redone. Public transportation makes this easier because even if the trams, buses, trolleys are larger, they fit in more people than the cars would. How many cars would you need if in a big bus you'll maybe get 100 people? Let's say 1 car would take about 5 meters so for 100 people, rack with its own car, that would mean 500 meters. But add the distance between the cars too so it would be 600 meters. Let's say a big bus would take 20 meters maybe even less. For what do you need a big truck? To drive 2 kilometers (at least in Europe) without needing to carry a lot of bags? It's not logical.

[@GLOBOLG]

Fyi, american suv market derives not only from the protective "chicken tax", but also is derived from a loophole. Back in the 73 oil crisis, the us begun to pass legislation to force the industry to produce more gas efficient cars. By the companies lobbying, utility vehicles were out of that legislation, exempt of the more strict regulations, with the argument that these were work vehicles. In time car companies became more and more reliant on that pick-up market and started "innovating", developing what is known now as a suv. It's bassically a pick-up with a body soal as a luxury/sports vehicle, but is categorised by law as a "work" vehicle. Of course, bypassing restrictions and being built under lower efficiency, security and recycling standards than other cars like sedans, compacts and station wagon. And by focusing on what you can get away with instead of competing on quality is what will be the demise of Amercan car industry. Not to mention the revolution on our doorstep which is electric cars. I predict that Amercan, European and even Japanese car industry will be obliterated by Chinese companies in a decade.

[@olliet4264]

The big disadvantage of American cars is their size. It’s extremely dangerous to drive a huge SUV in the city, especially in Europe where we walk everywhere. The number of pedestrians in Europe is exponentially higher than it is in the US. Once o saw a guy in a huge truck almost hit a child when driving out of his house. Because the car was so big the kid was not visible at all. Would have been his fault too - here it’s the walker that has the rights, not the driver. Nobody wants to risk that by driving that huge thing, gas prices not considered

[@UHF43]

PSA could make a profit out of Opel in its first year of ownership even though they were still relaying on GM technology and couldn't benefit from scale economies with Peugeot and Citroën models.

[@SilverBlackBird1989]

Even in Belgium I see these big ass American pick-up trucks on the road the majority of them Dodge ram.

[@foreignreacts]

Do they look out of place 🤣

[@fabr5747]

@@foreignreacts Completely dumb ! Those vehicles are USELESS. Bad at everything they do. For workers, we have better vehicles: - vans - small trucks (Iveco Daily, Fiat Ducato, Mercedes Sprinter)... So much more adapted than dumb pick ups with shitty useless beds unable to transport anything meaningful. As a daily driver, who sees a pickup as a smart purchase? Where do you put your grocery? In the cab? Or in the bed where they will roll everywhere, be in the sun? Many deaths everywhere from shit flying away from your dumb pickups.

[@femaleonthewatch]

I live in Germany in a small town of 17.000 people and about as many cars. There are two american trucks here, both of them Dodge Rams and yes, they are viewed as "out of place". Too noisy, too much fuel needed to move them. I guess they´ll never become popular here because Europeans in general are more concsious about their environment and hardly anybody needs such a thing.

[@SilverBlackBird1989]

@@foreignreacts yes too long and wide. I always wonder how the owners find a parking space to that fits their cars.

[@zuzauramek9850]

1. our century-old streets are built for horses and carts, not for big-ass cars aka tanks. How on green earth will we drive such cars when even the smallest European has a problem. 2. Monthly gas prices will be like driving to the moon. 3. We do not have space for a huge garage. We need space for home and garden. 4. In Europe there is no pressure for everyone in the family to have a car. We have buses, metro, tram, and bikes. Some families have only one car. Some have 20-year-old cars (I will have 20 year old in 2026)

[@jamieswithenbank1813]

I actually like big cars... but then I also have an American passport 😂

[@e.albrecht4033]

We also don't like big supermarkets.

[@darkknight8139]

The original video is 5 years old, a lot has changed worldwide. American car brands have fallen even more, while China has its own car brands flourishing, especially within the Chinese market. Japanese brands are still going strong (except for Nissan), and the two European giants Volkswagen Group (9 car brands) and Stellantis (former PSA + FCA having 14 car brands!) are not faring very well under heavy competition from China and Japan. American cars are not popular in Europe because their quality is not so great, and the tax system does not like gas guzzlers. And they are not cheap to run either. Except for Scandinavia, where there are more fans for American cars than the European average.

[@RickTheClipper]

Europeans want cars with built in quality, whilst US cars are just big, but bad quality

[@stone-hand]

America used to love Station Wagons rather than Trucks, but the first had to adhere to CAFE and pay gas guzzling taxes while the latter were exempt and the "Chicken Tax" tariff locked out Japanese and European small trucks out of the US market. So the big three made a logical choice and marketed the hell in favor of trucks and their derived car-like-ish spawn, the SUVs, as the manlier manly thing a man can drive (and mean-ass gigantic SUVs as the only thing can protect female drivers in the savage US streets, too). In truth, if an American man from the '50s were sprung in a modern US street - by a time machine - he would be as flabbergasted as a modern European by the quantity of pickup trucks, and probably by their size too.

[@PattisKarriereKarten]

I will stay loyal to my french Renault Zoe 👍

[@BeEzZZzZ1991]

Hi, living in Estonia and our people really do like that truck-garbage... We have biggest number of usa trucks in europe if to count by the number of all cars inside the country... They are really ridiculous for our infrastructure! They are not fitting anywhere but still people are using them to show that they can afford those as the prices are like for luxury cars!!! I personally have usa car also but it is hobbycar 4 gen camaro and my daily is suzuki ignis 2022 which i love even more than my camaro 😂 but i also in love with the bicycles and use them to commute in Tallinn. Europe should ban those trucks...

[@joakimsandstrom3843]

Dont Forget them GM killed Saab aswell

[@Bunaliua]

A Dodge Ram 1500 will cost you at least 60k in The Netherlands and gas about usd4 a gallon......

[@andersolsson2523]

We dont hate american cars! We love them!

[@yvesd_fr1810]

Well, they are reasons for which US cars and trucks are not popular in the EU. Mostly fuel efficiency ! For instance my car is a seven person monospace, diesel fuel engine (Renault Grand scenic 3), and it uses 6,7 liters per 100 km, i.e. 35 miles per gallon, which is not that good regarding EU standards. Other probleme, tUS trucks are too heavy and cannot be driven in EU due to weight limitation of our licences (i.e. 3.5 metric tons for the regular licence). In other words, you may need a specific C permit in France to be allowed to drive trucks up to 7.5 tons, and this licence is valid only for 5 years... So it's a mess ! With these regulations, we cannot drive a Ford 150 truck or a Tesla truck in EU with our regular licence...

[@onenote6619]

Important thing to understand is that European towns and cities are old. American land-barges simply do not fit in many of them.

[@MrApocalyptica83]

as i have a tiny car a 2006 Citroen C2 , i think that the average size american person wont feet easyly in it but the problem with americvan car in europe you said it it their size in europe a 2 way road is 5 m wide ans when your suv an truck are literally classified as heavy truck , more than 3.5 metric ton is considered to be a haevy load truck so hummer and all the american truck ar real trucks and not car

[@Arturas1244]

btw those trucks they are not so good, in eu majority are universals(vagon in ussa made by suv sellers name) yes its called universal in world and they can go where suv cant its crazy especially in winter

[@Arturas1244]

fun fact bmw is not money car here its standart car like prius

[@spyro257]

Trump: Asia and Europe, why is it a one way street with cars? Asians and Europeans: make better cars, smaller cars, and build them RIGHT... Trump: ehmmm.....

[@nazimelmardi]

Well, that makes Donald’s cult members think. 😂 if the majority of the cars are made outside of the country… his tariffs will be fun. 😂

[@PDVism]

As I heard that at the minimum 25% of any US brand car in the US made cars are imported parts. Which means that at the very least the price of US made cars will rise with a decent amount. Yay!!! USA USA USA....euh... hold on that means that Americans are paying more for the same thing so there for they just did a Brexit. Penalizing themselves because of being stupid and ignorant.

[@tangfors]

European brands have clearly had their down times as well. Diesel scandal, right now WW has to get rid of personnel and close a factory, late on electrification.

[@PDVism]

lots of companies are re-thinking going full electric but instead opting for hybrids because there aren't enough suckers.. I mean valued customers that want a full electric car

[@tangfors]

@@PDVism It probably depends entirely on how much the state invests in infrastructure. I think that in Norway, for example, 75% of all cars sold are fully electric, the rest are hybrids and only a small fraction think it is less than 10% pure fossil cars. Norway was early in expanding its infrastructure around electric cars, is probably at least 10 years ahead of any other country in Europe. Then probably not everyone in the world will be able to drive electric cars, but we in the richer countries will be the ones who need to start doing it first. Then you always know there might be a new technology that is even better and more cost effective, Toyota is working on some engine they say will be revulitoning, it remains to be seen. As it stands now, those companies will only be allowed to sell electric cars after 2035 in the EU.

[@Arltratlo]

my Korean car, build in India is better then the German cars in its own segment of the market... by price, build quality and the extras build in it!

[@Arturas1244]

vauxhal, opel was european g, fiat also got sold to gm. those brands are considered bad in eu rusty buckets and it stuck forever few cars dominated from them as cheap, now you see same ecotec eng in gm chevy. cause usa people dont know how to service it it brakes like bmw benz simply european car must be fixed serviced different and we dont talk about french cars ow boy, even europeans are getting bold simply all done different, means you brake stuff and find out you must unsqrew bolt to other side etc. thats why bmw always brakes in us, not serviced premium car, in us they place incorect part, or place lower quality china crap and car starts to brake.example you bought bmw in auction it was sitting 3 months, you start car and engine now become dead or damaged itself beyond repair. cause you need to spray oil in cylinders and hold for week, than replace to oem parts probabbly will be bosch and only than you must take key and slowly wigle forwardvbeckward cylinders, by few milimeters thanmore morre untill full rotation with hand. than you are ready to start bmw thats procedure you skip and you end up with dead car, car must be driven.

[@KayoMichiels]

2:56 Opel is a German brand...

[@CMB21497]

It hasn't failed. Europeans drive Fords and Chevrolets all the time. It is just models you've never heard of. Opel is a German car brand that GM used to own. The whole thing is very incestuous. Want to drive a Volvo? Chinese. Want to drive a Jaguar? Indian. Want a Nissan? French. Want a Lamborghini? German. Bentley? German. Mini-Cooper? German. Chrysler? Dutch. Currently, the U.S. is the largest producer of oil in the world. Gas prices will stay reasonable for the near future.

[@paulozavala3232]

Ford cars in Europe are made by Ford Europa GmbH which is a Eurpean company. Own by Ford US but also an entirely independent company!

[@CMB21497]

@@paulozavala3232 True, but as you noted it is owned by Ford. That, in my mind, makes it Ford's European branch. There is a Ford Canada and a Ford Australia as well. Just like Holden is the Australian GM.

[@zexalex]

GM bought Opel and then sold it

[@karstenbursak8083]

Naaah ... not that easy to describe, as GM bought Opel back in 1929, and basically left the Opel management in german hands ... it all went downhill when they sent american Managers to run opel in the early 1980s

[@juricarmichael2534]

It's not hate, they are just senseless for most of the people and harder to drive, because of their size.....🤷

[@wykydytron]

I'm European, I do like American cars. I drive Camaro here in Europe. But reality is most Americans cars are just absolute garbage in terms of quality while having same or higher price tag then European and asian cars(thanks to Trump starting tarrif war last time he was in seat). It's not like we hate American cars it's just doesn't make sense money wise to buy one(unless like me you just want that sweet murican V8).

[@stevemcgowen]

American brands don’t make cars anymore. Just trucks and SUVs.

[@annamaria-pv1fw]

thx

[@bootedbuilds]

Yeah, if I ever need a car again, I'll be buying Toyota.

[@cbjmurer]

Europæere hader ikke amerikanske biler. De synes bare det er lidt latterligt, at almindelige by-mennesker kører rundt i overdrevne store biler.

[@francoishantz4088]

Why V6 or V8 and such big cars to drive at 60 mph? The American way of life is killing the planet and themselves by junk food. The same applies in France, where the speed limit is 80 kmh (50 Mph). But here we buy small cars that are enough to drive most of the time alone and at this speed. My family car can drive at 190 kmh (118 Mph). Why ? It’s unnecessary but almost all cars can drive beyond the maximum of 130 kmh (80Mph) allowed.

[@teotik8071]

Tesla's quality is meh.

[@lpdude2005]

Im Norwegian - this is the ciuation in Norway the last 2-3 years - We dont hate american cars. Top this month: TESLA Model Y Top this quarter: TESLA Model Y Top this year: TESLA Model Y Ford Mustang and Ford Explorer is also higt up in statistic.

[@tangfors]

You guys should buy something else though Musk is an ass don't support his company. Pro Russian, anti-union, wants no restrictions on social media for children. The list can be made long.

[@christinemarshall1366]

Chlorinated chickens and white eggs. No thank you. Like your cars, they're not up to European standards.

[@didierlemoine6771]

they r too big too heavy, ugly and ungreen !

[@fredshred5194]

They way things are going in Germany soon there won't be any German made cars anyway.

[@fabr5747]

Stop calling "pick up" trucks... Those are normal vehicles. Trucks transport tens of tons. Maybe a "truckette"...