“What American car would you most like to import?” Here’s a question that 20 years ago I would have struggled to find an answer for, save perhaps the then new Ford GT.
Cars developed and built by the high US carmakers have always unashamedly targeted the North American way of motoring life and that meant they tended not to work so well in Europe. Large, inefficient engines drank too much fuel and crude suspension systems didn’t adapt well to the medieval donkey tracks we call roads. You only imported something from the US if you simply wanted to be talked about.
It perhaps says more about the US car industry than either side of the Atlantic would care to admit, that many US vehicles now seem appealing for use in Europe and the UK. And that’s excluding Tesla from the discussion, because despite being very clever and very popular, the one thing any Tesla never feels to me is American built.