Editing Captive import (section)

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{{short description|Marketing term and strategy}}

'''Captive import''' is a [[marketing]] term and a [[Strategic management|strategy]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ballance |first1=Robert H. |first2=Stewart W. |last2= Sinclair |title=Collapse and survival: industry strategies in a changing world |year=1983 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780043381083 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=344VAAAAIAAJ&dq=Captive+import&pg=PA98 |page=98 |accessdate=28 June 2010}}</ref> for a vehicle that is foreign-built and sold under the name of an importer or by a domestic automaker through its own [[Car dealership|dealer]] distribution system.<ref>{{cite book|last=Plunkett |first=Jack W. |title=Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac |year=2007 |publisher=Plunkett Research |isbn=9781593924010 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FLrwSGI1XB8C&dq=Captive+import&pg=PT13 |accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref>

The foreign vehicle may be produced by a [[subsidiary]] of the same company, be a [[joint venture]] with another firm, or be acquired under [[license]] from a completely separate entity. The brand name used may be that of the domestic company, the foreign builder, or an unrelated marque entirely (this is one type of "[[badge engineering]]").

[[File:1989 Merkur Scorpio in black, front left.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Merkur Scorpio]] manufactured in West Germany by Ford of Europe and marketed in the United States, an example of a captive import]]