Recently, more and more videos are appearing on the American Internet teaching Americans how to buy cars from Mexico. Moreover, it is not just ordinary Internet bloggers who are producing these contents, but also some American automobile experts are encouraging this practice. Why do Americans living in a car-rich country begin to have a strong interest in buying cars across the country in Mexico?

Because high-quality and low-priced Chinese brand cars are currently very popular in the Mexican market. While it makes the locals want to stop, it also makes the American consumers next door who are unable to directly buy Chinese cars due to the U.S. protectionist restrictive policies envious...

In a recent in-depth report, the US "Wall Street Journal" intuitively demonstrated how popular Chinese cars are in Mexico and how greedy they are for American consumers.

In the first sentence of the report, the American media revealed this sentiment: "This place is only 5 miles from the U.S. border, on a bustling commercial street filled with popular Chinese car brands that are currently banned from the U.S. market."

According to the introduction of this American media, due to their rich functions, fashionable appearance, extremely affordable prices, and extremely high cost performance, Chinese brand cars not only account for a quarter of the total car sales in Mexico, but also make many car owners who have used other brands of cars for many years begin to change their "camps."

(Screenshot from the Wall Street Journal report)

A 21-year-old Mexican car owner who lives on the border between Mexico and the United States and usually drives to the United States to study said that the Chinese new energy hybrid SUV he bought for about US$30,000 not only completely outperforms other brands of cars in the same price range, but also allows him to show off his singing voice while driving and sing karaoke.

He also complained that the quality and performance of cars of the same price range from other traditional brands were not even as good as the old models he had bought before.

A Mexican car dealer said that he recently sold two Chinese-branded entry-level cars to a Mexican family for their two girls to drive to the United States to attend college. Each car sold for $17,000. The car dealer believes that if the United States allows Chinese cars to be sold in the United States, Chinese cars will quickly become hot sellers.

Although Chinese cars cannot be sold in the United States due to U.S. trade protectionist policies, American consumers can no longer sit still after witnessing the "impossible triangle" of Chinese brands organically combining excellent performance, stylish styling, rich functions, and affordable prices.

The Wall Street Journal reported that in El Paso, a border city between the United States and Mexico, some local Americans were asking local car dealers why they did not sell high-quality and low-priced Chinese cars. Brother Geng also searched and found that on the Internet in the United States, more and more bloggers and even experts have begun to teach Americans in videos how to buy Chinese cars in Mexico through legal channels.

Although there have been mixed emotions in the United States regarding the rapid rise of Chinese brand cars in recent years, and some American politicians have continued to throw dirty water on China, throwing out false claims such as "unfair subsidies", some practitioners in the American auto industry soberly pointed out that the root of the problem lies in the development strategies of American auto companies.

The Wall Street Journal report mentioned this. Judging from the newspaper's interviews and analysis, American consumers actually care about the price and cost-effectiveness of cars, but American car companies value short-term profit margins more, so they focus their development on more expensive models with higher thresholds, neglecting the entry-level market. Chinese brands can fill this gap.

At the same time, the arrogance of the American automobile industry also caused them to underestimate the potential and stamina of the Chinese automobile industry. The Wall Street Journal specifically mentioned that 20 years ago, when a Chinese car company launched a Chinese-made car at the U.S. auto show through cooperation with an American car company, a U.S. auto industry media ridiculed that the car was "too outdated and even hopeless." More than 10 years ago, Elon Musk, the boss of the American electric vehicle brand Tesla, also cast a disdainful eye on the then fledgling Chinese new energy vehicle brand.

However, the Wall Street Journal stated that China has been working hard. On the one hand, it continues to invest in the automobile industry, continuously promotes technological upgrades and improves the supply chain, and on the other hand, it also learns from the advanced experience and concepts of the American automobile industry, thus achieving a take-off from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Today, the newspaper said that China not only has an advantage in new energy vehicles, but also gradually catches up with American car companies in hybrid and gasoline vehicles. Bob Lutz, a former executive at Ford, Chrysler, BMW and General Motors, told the Wall Street Journal that he had purchased a Chinese-made Buick SUV exported to the United States by General Motors a few years ago. At that time, he was shocked by the car's workmanship and assembly precision, very little road noise, and the overall "silky smooth, delicate and exquisite texture" of the vehicle.

"I thought, 'Oh my gosh, if they can build a Buick like this in China, they've clearly got the capability to build a top-notch car,'" Lutz said.

At the recent Beijing International Auto Show, many American media reported intensively on, admired, and praised the Chinese cars participating in the exhibition. This was a dramatic contrast to the scene 20 years ago when Chinese cars were ridiculed by the American media. An American blogger named Ethan Robertson even organized an international exhibition group at a price of US$399 per person, and acted as a "shopping guide" for American tourists who were unable to experience Chinese cars in the United States, as well as tourists from Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The incident also attracted reports from Reuters and other international media. In interviews with these media, Robertson said that after reading his introduction online, many American netizens felt "unbelievable" as to why the United States banned Chinese cars with affordable prices, cool looks, and a lot of advanced technology from entering the United States.

Finally, the Wall Street Journal stated that not only are more and more consumers in the United States eager to become owners of Chinese brand cars - a poll shows that this proportion has doubled from 10 years ago, reaching 30%, but there are also companies in the United States that still hope to break the ice and allow Chinese cars to enter the United States. At the Beijing International Auto Show, some American media reporters also noticed that many of the spacious models displayed by Chinese car companies were also very popular with Americans. Not to mention, among the models sold by Chinese car companies in Mexico, there are also many pickup and other models favored by Americans.

However, some politicians in the United States obviously do not want Chinese car companies to bring more cost-effective options to American consumers. Instead, they are prepared to step on the protectionist accelerator to the end, further "decoupling" the U.S. auto industry from China, and attempting to "block" auto parts and software codes produced in China. However, many American industry experts have clearly realized that this will not only fail to protect American industry and safety, but will also make American cars more expensive and difficult to keep up with the times.

And when Americans cannot buy the cars they want, it is self-evident what this means for the modern society and industrial civilization built on cars in the United States.