American Cars vs. Foreign Cars: The Battle for Your Garage

American vs Foreign Cars Comparison

Speaker 1 0:06

So what do you got ? Do you have a special for us ? I do .

Speaker 2 0:09

It's called American Cars vs Foreign Cars . A little bit of stats and facts , and what would you buy ? Choosing between American and foreign automobiles is sometimes a complicated decision , but it's interesting to find out what people want to know about it and how they make their decisions . What percentage of cars are american ? Well , nearly half of all cars in the united states are from overseas . More specifically , about 45 percent of them are foreign cars , 54 are domestic , so that's a . That's a fairly decent number , american outweighing the foreign .

Speaker 2 0:45

What are the foreign cars better than American cars ? Well , better is a subjective term , but because European car manufacturers usually have stricter regulations , requirements from an automobile manufacturer in America , they tend to be higher . The quality tends to be a little bit lasting longer . That's consensus in the people that are looking into buying these things . Why are American cars better than foreign cars ? Well , it's another choice that you have to make . American cars are sometimes better than foreign car vehicles , especially to consumers that want to buy America wherever they can I mean even in appliances and multiple choices purchases as well even though sometimes difficult to tell exactly where the parts of that vehicle are made .

Speaker 2 1:30

Do American or foreign cars last longer ? There's always an argument regarding whether American or foreign cars last longer . At one time , typically , vehicles drove very well under that banner about 100,000 miles . That was the max . Now they're about 300,000 miles and still going . So it's a matter of maintenance and how they put them together . Who assembles the most cars in America ? Well , you're looking at in the United States . Tesla assembles the most in the United States , in the country followed by .

Speaker 2 2:00

Jeep at 89% , cadillac 86% , dodge at 83% , gmc at 80% and number 11 on the list is Nissan , which assembles about 55% of the vehicles in the United States . Why do Americans prefer foreign cars ? Well

Market Share and Quality Perceptions

Speaker 2 2:14

, whether these perceptions are completely realistic or not , it is subjective and there's a few reasons that people have in their own making of that decision . Can I just jump in ?

Speaker 1 2:22

Sure so back in the day , when Toyota and Honda came to the United States .

Speaker 2 2:29

And they were head-to-head they were head-to-head .

Speaker 1 2:32

But the movement was in my era at that time late 60s , early 70s that the foreign makers Honda and Nissan and those bunches that came to the United States first . They lasted longer , they were better built .

Speaker 2 2:49

They were higher quality cars . Well , they were smaller cars too , they were . They lasted longer . They were better built . They were higher quality cars . Well , there were smaller cars too , they were .

Speaker 1 2:55

And for that they competed against the other smaller cars that the manufacturers of the United States were making .

Speaker 2 3:01

The . Novas , for instance that sort of stuff . I had one .

Speaker 1 3:04

It was a great car , but that was the nomenclature here that we all said oh well , I hear that they make longer-lasting cars , and that wasn't necessarily true . If you took care of your American car , which we didn't do , we treated them like trash 35,000 miles , we traded it in on something .

Speaker 2 3:24

It was a different era because they didn't last much longer than 35,000 .

Speaker 1 3:27

Yeah . Well , what do you mean by that ? Well , my dad's .

Speaker 2 3:32

Buick lasted forever , but our age , when we were growing up , I was flipping cars every couple of years , you know as a teenager .

Speaker 1 3:38

Well , I didn't have that kind of money , Jeff . Yeah , I think that's part of being a teenager though , but you're right , you know .

Speaker 2 3:45

I remember my dad rebuilding motors in the driveway . Oh , it's got 100,000 miles on it , it's got to go Put the rings in it .

Speaker 1 3:52

Yeah , you've got to put rings in it or bearings in it or something . Yeah , exactly , there's always something .

Speaker 2 3:56

And why are American cars not sold in Europe ? Well , it's the

Historical Evolution of Car Longevity

Speaker 2 4:00

conception , and not being the better built vehicle , like you just said . It's not true ?

Speaker 1 4:04

Well , that's the perception , and the conception of some of the people .

Speaker 2 4:08

Anyways , worldwide , there's roughly 160 brands of vehicles , which means the makes of these vehicles . As far as models are concerned , there's new ones popping up all the time , but as of 2020 , the estimate is about 250 to 260 total models of vehicles . So make your choice .

Speaker 1 4:29

Mike , that's a lot .

Speaker 2 4:31

And some of them are brands I've never even heard of .

Speaker 1 4:34

And there's more and more now . Now it's the electrics that are everybody's trying to get .

Speaker 2 4:40

EQ or EV . This and S type .

Speaker 1 4:43

Ocean . There's all sorts of different new makers that haven't even thought about coming to the United States yet , but they're poised to . We haven't even opened up coming out of the states yet , but they're poised to . We haven't even opened up the market to the chinese yeah and the chinese and really have a leg up on on pricing and longevity mileage on their electric vehicles . We haven't even opened a store here yet that's coming .

Speaker 2 5:06

They interviewed the ceo of hyundai on some new show the other last week or whatever , and he was talking about how they want to come to the United States and start blasting cars out in the United States , and they ended the conversation on a handshake . So that was good .

Speaker 1 5:19

I have to tell you and I'm going to review this in a couple of weeks- just driving . Just took a delivery of a 2025 Ford F-150 Hybrid . Granted it's $80,000, . But let me say this it's a hybrid and boy is it nice . Hybrids are popular Hybrid is the way to go . Manufacturers know how to make them . They've been making them for a while .

Speaker 2 5:44

And .

Speaker 1 5:44

I think they got the juju down on the hybrids . So if you're going to the market for a new car , I would definitely check out a hybrid if you can . They're a little bit more expensive but , hey , it's worth the money , I think .

Speaker 2 5:56

Cadillac Escalade Electric . 460 miles is what they're touting , and on a range .

Speaker 1 6:04

Yeah , range . So keep that in mind . Alright , time now for a quick break here on the in-wheel time car talk show . We're on the hot rod tour . Thank you for joining us up here at spindle tap brewery . We're back after this , you own uh . Time now for this hour's car review . Had a chance to drive the 2025 genesis gv80 coupe and where's he at ?

Speaker 2 6:29

I don't know where he at . I don't know where he's at . I don't know where he's at either . Yeah , he's right here

Electric Vehicles and Market Growth

Speaker 2 6:33

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Speaker 1 6:33

He's on New Car .

Speaker 2 6:34

Review . Okay , we're going to do his first . All right , let me find it .

Speaker 1 6:36

Is there a problem ?

Speaker 2 6:37

No , no , no , we're just looking at the wrong page again . All right , I see .

Speaker 1 6:41

So the 2025 , a GV80 . No , it's a GV80 Coupe , but I'll tell you about it in a minute . It was built in Ulsan , korea . All right , so do what you will with the new tariffs . Available trim levels ? Just one , and that is this one a 3.5-liter turbo , esc , mhev , awd . You guess what that ? Do you know what all that means ? No , I have no idea . I don't either , and I didn't ask because it was too complicated . No-transcript , because it's a fastback roofline . Now they changed the rules somewhere between 1945 and today that they call this a coupe . Now , to me , a coupe is a two-door .

Speaker 2 7:31

Exactly .

Speaker 1 7:31

Well , apparently the fastback roofline now defines what a coupe is , and so they've glommed on to us two-door people that like real honest-to-goodness coupes Maybe they're calling it a coupe .

Speaker 1 7:43

Well , you call it that . Okay , let's see . Seating is five , including the driver , all new for 25 , so this is brand brand new . Quad slit headlights . Big open-mouth grille Looks good , looks modern , fast . Back looks fast and good . Fake slits on the front fenders Looks like engine cooling ports . You can see them on there . I want to say the three-holder or four-holder from Buick is probably what they stole that from .

Speaker 2 8:15

Am I right ? Or the late 50s Oldsmobiles also ?

Speaker 1 8:18

had them on the fenders .

Speaker 2 8:19

Everybody copies the Buick .

Speaker 1 8:21

Everybody , and you went out and bought one .

Speaker 2 8:23

I did that's because you got tired of copying , I got my copy .

Speaker 1 8:26

Body style fastback , as you could tell , and stop calling it a coupe . Call it a fastback , okay , why not ? Why don't you just say what it is instead of coupe ? Because coupe is two-door , all right . Interior highlights 27-inch 27-inch instrument cluster and nav screen . It's awesome . Secondary screen above the console has a master entry for the HVAC and media system . Dual knobs on the console , screen input at the shifter . Also , soft-touch materials are top-notch throughout the cabin , comfortable and attractive throughout . Cargo room is big . What I liked about it ? Luxury touches throughout the cabin . What could use improvement ? Not impressed with the bang and all of some sound system . Have you ever had one of those ?

Speaker 2 9:18

I have , but it's .

Speaker 1 9:18

I don't know . Yeah , exactly , I don't know what it's lacking , but you turn up the bass , you try to adjust the treble , the mid-range . None of it seems to really make a difference to anything .

Speaker 2 9:31

To me it doesn't have enough power , it needs a bigger amp . Is that what it is ? Maybe that's what it is , I don't know .

Speaker 1 9:36

Wasn't impressed and I did not like the function keys on the side of the fob knob . Hmm , you familiar with that ? Yeah , mars , I know that you've had some cars like that . So here's your car fob Now to me all . Here on the front are the fobs Okay , on the side . You can go ahead and switch out of that , jeff , and put us on camera .

Speaker 2 9:58

You can always go back to that .

Speaker 1 10:00

So here are the knobs here right See , the function knobs Over here is where they put them on the side . Do you know how hard that is to read ? Because there's two sides . One controls things , like you know open the car , close the car , lock the car . The other side things is like open the trunk or let's , let's , do they start the engine thing . They're on the side . I'm

2025 Genesis GV80 Coupe Review

Speaker 1 10:27

not sure why they did that . I'm sure there's a reason .

Speaker 2 10:29

Well , and , and if you put it , a bunch of stuff in your pocket changing stuff it's a whole lot easier for those buttons to get pushed on the side than they are up on the front .

Speaker 1 10:37

I don't know why , yep okay , so I'm done with my complaint and you're in charge .

Speaker 1 10:43

Still early , you're in charge of the complaint section yeah , it's still early , we had time yeah so it has a 3.5 liter twin turbo with a 48 volt supercharger . I'm not exactly sure what that means to mea . Supercharger is a blower that sits on top of the engine most times . Then anyway , I guess in combination it turns out 375 horsepower , 391 pound-feet of torque , and not to continue to diss them , but you know , you would think that they would make accommodations for people like me and going . Well , this is how we came to that , that conclusion , old people yeah , old people okay thanks eight-speed automatic transmission , tow rating three tons for people like me and going well .

Speaker 1 11:18

This is how we came to that conclusion Old people , yeah , Old people , Okay . Thanks . Eight-speed automatic transmission tow rating three tons , it'll tow . Wow yeah , 21.5 miles per gallon is what I got , over 279 miles , 18 miles per gallon , city 22 highway for a combined of 20 . What could use improvement ? I think a little bit better gas mileage , especially with that electric system that is kind of glommed on to the motor Ride and handling . Ooh , it's a nice ride . I put that down there .

Speaker 2 11:45

Ooh .

Speaker 1 11:46

He wrote ooh , very nice ride . What could use improvement ? Nothing in the ride category . Base trim price $85,750 . Price is tested $87,780 . Base model price 85 750 . Competitors mercedes-benz gle class 74 279 .

Speaker 1 12:16

And the BMW X6 , $75,100 . So there's a lot going on there , a lot to package up , I'd encourage you , if you like that body style , go out and check out the Genesis GV80 Coupe for 2025 . It is all new and the really nice thing about Genesis , kia , hyundai that they add a lot of content for the amount of money that you pay . Even though it's expensive , it fits in line with the others and I think once you get down to it , you might just like it . You get what you pay for . Give it a shot , if you will . All right , great Time now for