Comment by mschuster91

> For those who aren't aware it's a 25% tarrif, so most manufacturers don't bother even trying to sell in the US. That's why almost all European/Japanese brand cars are 30+ years old over there.

BMW has a 23.000-employee plant in South Carolina that produces X model SUVs for the entire world [1]. Volkswagen has an even larger presence [2]. No tariffs apply on these.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_in_the_United_States

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_of_America