Maybe you’ve spotted the billboards around. Some car dealerships, trying to get some business any way they can, have put up signs that talk about being patriots, urging them to “Buy American” and save the auto industry. Similar things are happening elsewhere.

But bear in mind this one important fact: It’s just marketing. Let me explain.

The Car Industry is Already Incredibly Multinational

Most car companies are not longer strictly “American” anyway. They get much of their stuff from dozens of different places, depend on China and other cheaper countries to drive costs down, and haven’t been purely American for ages.

Since thousands of Japanese cars are also made by Americans in several states, buying a car from elsewhere also aids American industry. It’s only the company owners who are still ‘American’ (with tons of exceptions)–and do you think you should help out the CEOs that let this happen on their watch?

Ways You Can Help Out

Propping up American dealers that haven’t been making quality cars for a long time isn’t going to help out on a ‘national’ scale.

Wouldn’t getting yourself out of your financial straits help the economy more? Saving money and using money can only be taken advtanage of when you make good financial decisions for yourself, not just because a set of automakers has asked for your help.

An Example

Here are two choices: one is a used Japanese car, shipped over instantly from an auction in Japan, and sold to a proud American buyer.

The other is an American offering, its price cut by one of the main carmakers so they can sell it quickly, even while the company heads for chapter 11.

Which choice do you make? Taking the Japanese car might mean you’ll have more money to use towards anything else. It means you will have been smart in making a choice that’s intelligent and personalized, not simply giving charity to companies.

Everyone Else Does It, Why Shouldn’t You Buy From A Foreign Market

Containing some of the world’s best drivers and top roads, the auto market in Japan is one of the top ones around. Go after it.

Also, average Japanese car owners usually get new cars after a shorter amount of time. The government forces a very rigorous load of safety checks on older cars, which makes having them much more pricey than possessing a used car in America. Take advantage of the alternate markets.

As the Japanese sell off their used vehicles, trusty exporters pick up the autos and organize their sale to other markets, including just about every Western country around.

If you’re in the market for a brand new or already-driven car–it doesn’t matter where you’re living–use the worldwide reach of the internet car-buying market, tap into founts of used cars you didn’t have any knowledge of before now, and go home with the top vehicle for your cash.