North American car companies primary market.
More like only market and even then only a part of it which makes them incredible vulnerable to disturbances in said market.
Sure. Foreign car companies are also forgoing major profits by giving up on the North American truck market (except for Toyota, who everyone here loves to hate on but know exactly what they are doing).
So as you say, no not all foreign companies have abandoned this market. BMW and Mercedes also make large vehicles to sell to Americans as well.
Never mind abandoning a portion of the US market isn't leaving anywhere near as much money on the table as abandoning the global market.
What? Yeah, no duh. Meanwhile conditions are identical to when we had to do the last bailout so when the next recession comes we'll be stuck with the same companies failing because they havent changed the business model that caused them to fail during the last one.
They build what people want. In Europe they sell different models from what they sell in the US. This is how it should be, tailoring your lineup to your market. They have plenty of eggs. Which eggs people want varies from place to place,
Of course European companies haven't forfeited the American market at all because they aren't so stupid as to leave so much money on the table even if their cars aren't top sellers over here. They sell both regular cars and large vehicles over here.
US auto companies are in the exact place they were in around 2006/2007, just waiting for a recession to wipe out demand for their market niche. This wouldn't be a risk if they also made smaller vehicles both for the US and foreign markets. They could even make money doing it as seen by the much greater valuation and sales companies like Toyota and Volvo have over them.