But a lot of things are up from last year, hence 5% inflation. Labor, health insurance, heating and cooling for buildings, etc. I was speaking generally, but acting like car companies making 4.2% profit is some insane money grab is ridiculous.
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Did you read the article? It's not about dealer markups.
This isn’t about automakers, car prices, hell it’s not about the auto industry at all.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/GPI/group-1-automotive/profit-margins
Ford made that decision based on the data that most people wanted a truck or SUV. It’s a risk, but it’s logical. GM is getting rid of Car Play even though the data shows everyone wants it. That decision makes no sense at all.
If you are speeding through a school zone...are you going to stop for a red light you know is there just to annoy you for speeding? It’s going to take people a week to figure out that they can just blow through the light. Sure, they can enforce it as a red light but they could also enforce the school zone, which has…
Dealers stocking only high end cars, Manufactures only making high end models. They both say “see people are not buying lower priced cars”
Yes, but, if you read the article, automakers have killed lots of lower priced models. It’s not just a question of auto makers pushing higher trims, they have straight up gotten rid of their lower priced models
Ford’s been doing it for over a decade with the EcoBoost just fine. That being said, if you are buying a Canyon/Colorado and plan on doing lots of towing, you should probably be a pretty light trailer or you should likely consider what your duty cycle is going to be...
Not a single recommendation for a CX-50, CRV, or cliche Rav4 Hybrid, even something like a CPO X3. But a Tuscon, Niro, or Sorento? Really? I mean, they aren’t bad cars but they certainly aren’t as good as the CRV or interesting as the CX-50.
“Stuttgart will raise prices the world over even though its business is booming and order books are overflowing.”
And all of that requires (often) significant amounts of water and/or care too. I’ve got a garden - it takes more water than the lawn, and more effort weeding/caring for/maintaining too :(
Biggest reason for a lot of people currently is cost. You can get secondhand functioning gas mowers for under 100 bucks. Sure, you can get corded electric ones for that price, but unless you’ve used a corded one, you won’t know how horrible they are to use. Some people will find it difficult to shell out 400-500…
A 2010 V6 Camaro has over 300 HP, more than which would qualify as a muscle car in their heyday of the late ‘60s. Enough to be exciting, so if you don’t care about impressing anyone but having the muscle car experience for yourself, I understand it.
Plus, the article doesn’t really provide a lot of details. It keeps using the term “waiting” which to me implies that the people are in a line of cars, actively waiting like a drivethru. Which has me confused, because they wouldn’t be given parking tickets. If these people actually illegally parked their cars, I’m not…
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This tribute to Saab was pretty damn good too, especially given it came later on.
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The Ford Fiesta
I mean, does you having a good example make Jeeps “reliable”? I have a friend with similar (2016 I believe) Grand Cherokee and she had nothing but problems with that car. I’m pretty sure those 2 examples are useless compared to large amounts of data... which places like Consumer Reports (or others) have shown Jeep as…
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