What happened to the elasticity of demand for american cars when the japanese developed a strong auto industry

Question

economics

Answer 1

You can blame the agonized unions for this one for demanding outrageous wages & benifits.  This caused the auto producers to pass on the higher prices for their cars to the consumers.  Even though imported the Japanese cars are cheaper than the American made.  Although I must admit I think the US cars are made much better in some cases......

Answer 2

It became stretched to emcompass the new source, being tired of being bullied by the old and offered something better cheaper(used to be).