Why aren't Chinese cars allowed in US?

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10:26p, 12/27/25
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I'll start by saying I'm totally fine with not having Chinese cars here… I'm just curious why. We allow pretty much everything else to be made in China, why not our automobiles? I have to admit some of the Chinese cars I see are pretty dang awesome… and inexpensive.

Is it to protect our automakers from less expensive Chinese cars? But we already have that with Kia and Hyundai.

We don't like the communist regime? Then almost every product on the aisle is made by the same regime.

I own machine shop that produces parts for a large semi- truck maker. They've sent a ton of our work to China in the last 2 years. Thankfully most of our work is in munitions. However I hate to see the work leave Texas and go over there.
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7:36a
Because they are all spies.
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Legit question because I don't know the answer….

How much of it is the US not wanting Chinese cars vs. Chinese companies not wanting to build cars to US standards?
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I'd assume they don't meet our safety standards.
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In reply to TXAG 05 • 8:05a
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TXAG 05 said:
I'd assume they don't meet our safety standards.


Safety standards and possibly emissions requirements
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Not sure on the why, I imagine lobbyist play a huge role to protect American automakers however I drove a BYD suv in a foreign country and it was a great experience. I would get one if available in the US. Seeing the interior fully optioned put like a regular SUV as opposed to the bland interiors of Teslas and Rivians and the like made such a big difference.
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9:37a
Auto industry lobbyists
US safety standards
US emissions requirements
Lack of dealer network infrastructure
High tariffs
Lack of interest due to poor perception by US consumers

Honestly, you don't want a Chinese car. They're cheap because they're cheaply made. They make some really attractive vehicles, but cheap plastics, cheap paint, cheap electronics, and minimal quality control will make a Chinese car with 75k miles feel like a Japanese car with 200k+ miles. They degrade very quickly. We talk about modern vehicles being disposable, but Chinese vehicles are literally intended to be disposable. The data my company keeps on its rental fleet backs all this up, and my own personal experience driving or riding in GAC, Chery, BYD, Jetour, and Geely confirm it.
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Because it would destroy US car companies. Seems pretty obvious, no?

China has 200+ car companies all backed by the CCP. The EU has a current problem with China dumping their cars into their market because China can't consume their own supply, domestically.

If you allow Chinese cars into our market, you will have vehicles at prices that severely undercut all other car companies. Never mind the risk of spyware and malware that will absolutely.be built into these cars. I would never own one no matter how cheap or "good" they are.
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Dr. Nefario said:
They make some really attractive vehicles, but cheap plastics, cheap paint, cheap electronics, and minimal quality control
Are you talking about domestic cars or Chinese cars here
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Part protectionism and part consumer safety issues. It would be bad for BYD to start dumping $25k cars in the US. By the time the market figured out how crappy the quality was, the damage to US companies would be done.
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In reply to Buck Turgidson • 2:54p
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Part protectionism and part consumer safety issues. It would be bad for BYD to start dumping $25k cars in the US. By the time the market figured out how crappy the quality was, the damage to US companies would be done.


$50k tariff per car would offset the savings
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I guess my question was why were the Chinese allowed to destroy so many other US markets but automobile industry is off limits? Do auto makers just have better lobbyists?
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In reply to easttexasaggie04 • 5:35p
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easttexasaggie04 said:
I guess my question was why were the Chinese allowed to destroy so many other US markets but automobile industry is off limits? Do auto makers just have better lobbyists?


That is the primary reason IMO. Look how regulated vehicles are with endless safety requirement and rules at the federal level and then things like dealership regulations (TX) at the state level.

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In reply to AgCPA95 • 5:40p
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easttexasaggie04 said:
I guess my question was why were the Chinese allowed to destroy so many other US markets but automobile industry is off limits? Do auto makers just have better lobbyists?


That is the primary reason IMO. Look how regulated vehicles are with endless safety requirement and rules at the federal level and then things like dealership regulations (TX) at the state level.



Would anybody believe any safety test data from china?
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YOU don't see Chinese airplanes here either, same with Russian.
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Because

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