The "foreign junk" took the market in the early 80's. Why? Because US auto makers had produced the crap they did in the 70's and early 80's. I used to work on that stuff and junk is a good term for a great many of the US autos and trucks of that era. That's why the imports took the market share they did. While the big 3 were producing vehicles that died at 100-150K and got 12mpg, Toyota, Honda and VW were making cars that got 35 mpg and went for 300K. They were a better value. US auto companies had decided they knew what the consumer wanted and that was that. Other than 3/4 ton and above PU's and muscle cars there's still no reason to look at US brands based on quality or price, it's a toss up these days.
And to be clear, buying "US" does not in any way mean all your money is going to a US company. A lot of that money is going overseas, to China, India, Mexico. There is no difference in the end product as far as US auto workers in the states vs offshore auto workers in the states, except the non-union workers actually get all their money instead of losing a good deal to the union. IIRC all the big auto companies are publicly traded and you can buy VW or Toyota stock as easily as Ford and get some of those dollars.
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