With small car margins so low they will completely disappear if the tariff gets tacked onto it.
Yes; I drive a Camry.
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If we learned anything from the first week of President Trump, is that his administration is just complete improvisation.
So we’re going to pay more for small cars, further reducing the demand for small cars, and the production of small cars, just in time for gas prices to go up, which will increase the demand for small cars.
Awesome. America is good at learning from the past. Where’s my new Excursion?
Heh, just checked Facebook and the usual family suspects are all up in my feed about how Trump has done more before getting sworn in than Obammer ever did. I didn’t even vote for Obama, but UGH.
Small cars were always the side chick to America’s main chick the big cars due to American’s obsession with the Suburban lifestyle, vacationing in Tahoe, going on Expeditions (to the mall), fantasizing about a life in Durango and Silverado, and thinking all things Texas Edition sized is the appropriate size.
Ford: The car sales won’t grow as much as we hoped it would in the last 2 years while planning this new factory... so why would we need more capacity?
Is anyone reading between the lines here? This means Ford does not expect the market growth it did before, therefore rather invest in some new tooling and expansion, instead of opening up a new plant, that would produce for multiple countries, at the same time making a good PR piece, with little impact on the real…
Toyota behind the curve? Not hardly. Toyota is about to make a ballistic entry into the front of the curve - they’re going to come leaping over the guardrail from Low Earth Orbit and shock the hell out of everyone. And you should absolutely not be shocked when it happens.
“that has a manual 1-speed transmission, with an I-pattern shifter.” Fast and the Furious movies would all have scenes with a person slamming the gear up and down 500 times.
McFly I have your part of 48 pack of cars towed all the way back to your house and all you have for me is light beer?
Do you buy your distilled water at Whole Foods or something? Iget it for like $.60/gal
Pfft. I only use Fiji or Voss for my giant automotive bow suction cups.
Spit in a bucket, boil it under a towel then squeeze it out onto the hood/roof. #lifehack.
Saliva is free. Distilled water costs $0.98 per gallon.
Not if there is a protective material between the magnet and the car.
Saliva? Goddamn troglodytes. They sell distilled water at the grocery store.
My firm thinks suction cup car bows are some from of weapon #bringbackmagnets
Oh, like saliva is so good for it?! Clearly you work for Big Suction Cup!
Magnets are bad for the paint.