By bne Gulf bureau For any regular visitor to Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, one thing has always been a consistent view: that is big American GMCs, Dodges and Fords, to name a few American brands in these markets. These vehicles have been such a fixture of the automatic mix in countries including the Emirates and Saudi Arabia that you were often led to believe the US carmakers, far away from their homes, were an eternal fixture of the Arabian auto markets. European marques like Peugeot, Citroen, Volvo, and others, despite their proximity, were less present. At the same time…