Germany was first. It shipped the Volkswagen Beetle to the United States in 1949. It got off to a slow start only to be embraced by an enthusiastic American public.

Japan came next, winning US customers in the 1970s with its own mass-market cars. After that, South Korea, offered its Hyundais and Kias.

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