Auto sales data shows that while Japan’s Big Three (Toyota, Honda, and Nissan) continue to experience strong U.S. sales, the U.S. Big Three (DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Ford) saw their combined market share fall from 70 percent to 57 percent in the last fi ve years. What, in your view, is the reason for this decline? Do research to back up your position.
What will be an ideal response?
Students should do research on this. They may find that the decline of the U.S. automakers has to do with high prices for labor, competition from Japanese and Korean brands, and in GM’s case, the bankruptcy of its largest parts supplier, Delphi, in Troy, Mich., and a glut of SUVs and sedans.
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