Sahwa@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agoAmericans are paying more than ever for cars. Cheap models are disappearingedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1494arrow-down1external-linkAmericans are paying more than ever for cars. Cheap models are disappearingedition.cnn.comSahwa@reddthat.com to News@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square152fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down2·2 days agoI’m told that Americans only want big expensive cars but for some reason the government felt the need to slap 100% tariffs on small inexpensive Chinese cars.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·2 days agoBecause Chinese cars are priced at a loss to corner the market and put competition out of business. Meanwhile VW and other manufacturers make smaller more affordable cars, but they don’t sell them here.
minus-squareTubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-214 hours agonobody buys them. sales for such vehicles are tiny compared to larger cars. it doesn’t make sense to sell subcompact cars if you only sell 5000 of them a year.
minus-squarepachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoThat’s because the goal isn’t to sell you a car, it’s to saddle you with a $50K debt obligation they get to sell off.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoExactly. If they were incentivised to encourage the best vehicle for the customer they’d be talking most people into a subcompact or minivan
I’m told that Americans only want big expensive cars but for some reason the government felt the need to slap 100% tariffs on small inexpensive Chinese cars.
Because Chinese cars are priced at a loss to corner the market and put competition out of business.
Meanwhile VW and other manufacturers make smaller more affordable cars, but they don’t sell them here.
nobody buys them. sales for such vehicles are tiny compared to larger cars.
it doesn’t make sense to sell subcompact cars if you only sell 5000 of them a year.
That’s because the goal isn’t to sell you a car, it’s to saddle you with a $50K debt obligation they get to sell off.
Exactly. If they were incentivised to encourage the best vehicle for the customer they’d be talking most people into a subcompact or minivan