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You can buy hand made leather shoes or perfectly aged French wine in the US, but t waste time looking for some luxury cars.
Among the sets of wheels not available to U S buyers are French-made Peugeot 407 and Citroën 6 and Italian-made Alfa Romeo Brera and Spider, and Lancia Thesis.
The reasons are simple Many European carmakers such as Peugeot, produce diesel vehicles, which haven t caught on with US car buyers and some vehicles manufactured in Europe, such as the BMW 1 Series sedan compact Mercedes-Benz B-Class, have yet to generate interest among the buyers of American luxury cars that bypass these small hatchbacks, spacious and prefer coupes sedans.
Preferences aside, the economy also play a part must be a substantial investment to produce vehicles that meet strict safety standards and US emissions, and establish a dealer network, said Cody Lusk, president the automobile Dealers Association American International representative automobile manufacturers import Those with limited American public often aren t willing to spend money on developing a suite.
The US is one of the world's most competitive automotive markets, said Lusk import manufacturers must decide if they want to enter a narrowing, mature market like the US or take their business elsewhere, a growing market like China.
Environmentalists could say that art damage the Lancia Thesis has a sunroof with solar cells and ventilated front and rear seats The Citroen 6 is powered by a V6 HDi diesel engine equipped with a filter system diesel particulate, the automaker says is better for the environment.
Luxury seekers are also absent on the German-produced Audi RS 6 border Before Wagon, which features a twin-turbo V10 petrol engine and zero to 60 in 4 races 6 seconds are not for sale Stateside Neither is Mercedes-Benz Viano MPV, a multi-purpose vehicle with the seats in the second row which rotate to face the passengers in the third row, and a folding table which appears between the two.
And American pilots who currently get behind the wheel of the sedan and estate Jaguar X-Type sovereign might want to hang on to this model - it may soon become a collector's item That's because Jaguar is planning to shoot in the US market due to slow sales; Buyers will not see the new 2008 models that Europeans will see this spring it plans to launch the new XF sports sedan in the U S in 2010.
Alfa Romeo, however, the elbow to muscle its way into the highly competitive US market, it has stopped selling cars here in 1995, but plans to return to the United States this year and sell its cars through the network Maserati dealerships US both automakers are under the umbrella of Fiat Holdings.
Fiat is not alone Other luxury European manufacturers believe there is room on the U S market for more cars.
An attempt to satisfy the appetite of picky buyers is BMW U S; it provides the 1 series coupe and convertible to U S March The cut 128i and 135i followed convertibles this summer.
This is because our SUV match the demographics in the US, says Rob Moran, spokesman for Mercedes-Benz, so we see no need to bring to this market.
Luxury cars You won t find in the U, luxury cars.