> The problem is that the other car companies can quickly copy them, and the price range is set by the market, which is flooded with Japanese cars of the same sort.
In minivans maybe, but otherwise, not so much. There are no reasonably priced Japanese "large cars" (Impala, Town Car). There's nothing like the suburban or expedition. Toyota is finally trying for the "large pickup" with the Tundra, but it's a ways from an F-150 and there's still the f-250, f-350, etc.
The domestics problem is CAFE. They have to make cars that they don't make well (small cars) in order to sell the vehicles that they do make well. They don't get to count their imports either.
Avalon for large sedan. Highlander for mid-sized SUV, 4runner for large. I'm not familiar with Honda's lineup at all, or really any other non-luxury vendor, so I can't come up with more.
In minivans maybe, but otherwise, not so much. There are no reasonably priced Japanese "large cars" (Impala, Town Car). There's nothing like the suburban or expedition. Toyota is finally trying for the "large pickup" with the Tundra, but it's a ways from an F-150 and there's still the f-250, f-350, etc.
The domestics problem is CAFE. They have to make cars that they don't make well (small cars) in order to sell the vehicles that they do make well. They don't get to count their imports either.