Nissan USA has to pay taxes on profits made on cars sold in the US; US-based shareholders have to pay US taxes on their dividends as well.
It should be pointed out that in the case of the Altima vs the Cruze, more money is staying in the US with the Altima, more jobs are created/sustained in the US with the Altima, and more taxes are paid in the US with the Altima.
That’s before we get to the quality of the two products. The Cruze is a horrible pile of crap that goes on fire if you change the oil because they decided that they were going to put a *plastic* undertray on the thing that catches any oil drips. That’s right next to the very hot catalytic converter. Yeah, that’s not going to catch fire or anything. The car isn’t very good to drive and the interior quality is far worse than the competition.
Advocating that people buy inferior product on a false claim of supporting your country is exactly what happened in the UK with British Leyland. All the people blindly buying British there caused BL to make steadily worse product and in the end there wasn’t any more British motor industry because they simply couldn’t compete any more. That’s even worse for the country.
I never said the Cruz was a good car. I know better than that.
I really don’t care what you, or anyone else buys.
Honest.
Thanks for the info.