In comparing European anything versus American anything, one must remember “Europe” is a continent of many countries. America is just one country.
It is difficult for one country to be superior to a collection of small, highly advanced countries (Germany, Italy, Spain, etc).
And while I will say we are in a precipitous decline after what looked like a path to becoming the envy of the world once again, it is not over yet.
I still have faith that the best is yet to come in America and we will once again produce and sell some of the best in the world.
That being said, I own a lot of non-US made farm equipment and my Ram, even with a Cummins diesel and US made Aisin transmission and AAM axles, has quite a bit of foreign influence (ownership and built in Mexico). I have 2 Japanese made Kubotas and a French made Massey Ferguson. Just one US made Case-IH and it’s a monster. Even at 20+ years old, its the strongest most powerful tractor I own. A real keeper.
Anyway, sadly it’s a different time now and the US is in decline. As a nation, interested mostly in virtue signaling and environmental issues. That has a detrimental affect on regulation of industry.
What Renze says is the cold, hard honest truth. You can’t deny how good Mann diesels are. You can’t deny how great Fendt farm tractors are (at least we bought them and made them part of American AGCO). And there’s many, many more examples of excellent European trucks and equipment.
Also, their vans and cars are all over American roads. Scania heavy trucks look incredible. Once those European heavy trucks get a foothold over here, they will become like European farm tractors.