Chinese automakers want to come to US. They could be here fairly soon

[NickB79]

Source: CNN

Chinese cars could be at an American dealership sooner than you think, and that’s good news for US consumers.

Chinese car companies make more vehicles than anyone else on Earth and export more as well. But high tariffs and hostile US-China trade relations have kept them out of the American market.

That’s likely to change, according to experts, with Chinese autos hitting US showrooms in the next five to ten years.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/15/business/chinese-automakers-eye-us-move

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If China started marketing some of their cutting edge EV's here, it would decimate US automakers.

[Klarkashton]

1. I'm good with this. Enough bullshit already.

If they have better products it's not their fault it's our fault

[SoFlaBro]

2. These MAGA motherfuckers only want to fucking increase tariffs to fuck us all up. Piss on those fucking MAGA turds.

[Deuxcents]

3. Didn't they see how we treated the Japanese and South Korean auto workers in Georgia?

[EX500rider]

7. Maybe they should have had work visa's?

In September 2025, over 300 South Korean nationals were detained and subsequently removed from the U.S. following an immigration raid at a Hyundai electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia. They were found to be working illegally, possessing expired visas, or using visa waivers that prohibited them from working, prompting federal officials to act against the unauthorized employment.

What Japanese?

Try working illegally in China and see how that goes.

[walkingman]

4. I think we should be able to choose what we want to buy. It's call the free market

something that most Americans have supported for decades. Autos are overpriced in the US.

I worry more about US policies than a Chinese threat.

[flvegan]

5. As long as they meet or exceed US safety standards, then good.

No shortcuts. No small family trying to save some money should be flattened by Johnny McBroDozer who is busy texting his cousin about what they should name their next child.

I can also see the Big 3 (Ford, GM, Stellantis) somehow "insisting" (re: paying off congressidiots) that they be imported and rebranded as their own products, adding 25% to the cost with zero actual input nor benefit. That's the shitty timeline we've been on and will continue to be on.

[SunSeeker]

6. We've given US auto companies so many chances and bailouts.

Yet they still produce expensive, unreliable pieces of shit, and have done so since the 1970s. I am totally disgusted with them. The last decent American car I owned was a 1965 Mustang.

[tazcat]

16. Ford was the only one NOT to take a bailout.

[Callie1979]

17. I dont get the constant bashing of US auto quality.

A '65 Mustang was a dog compared to the autos of today. I've owned both foreign & domestic autos over =the past decades.
2007 342k miles on a Pontiac; only replaced the water pump
2013 279k Hyundai Elantra, water pump
2004 254k Chevy Monte Carlo, radiator & water pump
1999 214k Pontiac Grand Prix, water pump
1992 & '96 224k Acura Integra, water pump & fuel pump ; another Integra 218k
1986 Dodge Daytona, 228k transmission. The ONLY major issue & thats 40 yrs ago.
Currently driving a 2013 Civic with 212k on it & still own a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan with 159k on it

According to JD Power survey, the number of defects per 100 cars between the #1 vehicle & the #20 car isnt much. #1 is a Lexus w/166. The #20 is a Lincoln w/206

Now if you want to bash PRICES I'll wave that flag with you every day. Thats why the ONLY new car I ever bought was my FIRST car. And I'll never buy another new one.

[SunSeeker]

22. It's all relative.

In 1965, the Mustang was the best little runabout around compared to anything else out there at the time. And it was no dog.

Fast forward to the 1970s and 1980s, as gas got more expensive and people wanted something zippy but fuel efficient, Japan gave us the Civic and Corolla. American manufacturers gave us crap like the Pinto and Chevette. American car manufacturers never caught up and now have abandoned that segment to the Japanese. Your experience with American cars is not the norm.
And as you note, you now drive a Civic.

And American manufacturers continue to lag behind foreign manufacturers with major component (i.e. engine & transmission) reliability issues that you don't get with Japanese manufacturers, and the disparity has only gotten worse. It's not just the number of defects per car, but what the defect is.

[Jerry2144]

8. I'd love to get a Chinese EV

They've cracked the code on how to get range, reliability, and price up there.

[Callie1979]

18. Wait till Toyota gets their solid state batteries to market

They're expected to have almost unlimited lifetime & a range of over 600 miles per charge

[RainCaster]

9. I would like to buy a BYD

I've seen them in other countries, and I'm very impressed. Far better quality than Tesla or anything else from America.

[msongs]

10. so the UAW is gonna work for china level slave wages to keep car prices down?

[mitch96]

11. Pay the rRump family enough money and you can get what you want....nt

[mountain grammy]

12. And by "fairly soon" your mean 5 to 10 years?

This old llady will be lucky to be alive, much less driving in 5 years.

I sure do dream about one of those cheap ass electtric Chinese cars though, and the motor homes.. pure genius!

[Polybius]

14. By then, self-driving cars might be fully mainstream and perfected

No driving necessary. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

[Dr. T]

13. I cringe when I see the words "Made in China" on anything.

They make cheap junk that falls apart fast and can't be repaired.

[BidenRocks]

15. A BYD would be interesting.

I could trade my 328i BMW.
Chump never worked on a car and is ignorant when he says we want gas and grease back.
Us Boomers had a wonderful run with the 60s and early 70s Muscle Cars.

Younger went smaller with Hondas and imports.

New drivers just want to get where their going whether driving or Lyft or Metro. I feel the big attachment is gone.

Inexpensive, safe, a good interior interface and style.

China is forcing change and no amount of tariffs will stop it.

[Callie1979]

20. I dont know, I see a LOT of "ego vehicles" on the roads today.

[aggiesal]

19. If it's the same cars they're planning on selling in Canada

They're cheap cars that don't satisfy Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) by the National Highway Traffic Safety administration (NHTSS)

[Mosby]

21. Most Chinese-manufactured vehicles do not meet U.S. federal safety standards

For a Chinese car to be road-legal in the US, it must undergo extensive, expensive modifications to meet NHTSA crash test and equipment requirements.