They missed the EV push in the 90' by GM, in the 2010' by Tesla and now once again. They would never change without market pressure.
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Let them in, but I will not buy a Chinese vehicle as long as the CCP are running their shit show.
God I fucking hate stealerships. If car dealer cartels in the US as a concept die as a result of this era of idiocy we’re in, that’s a pretty great silver lining.
Such a weird, American-only practice, like with American health insurance. The whole country is a scam, jeez.
It really is
Want wasn't it regean that made it a law you couldn't buy directly from the manufacturer because he was buddies with people who owned major dealerships. And it just stuck since then.
He also imposed an import tax on motorcycles because Harley Davidson was deathly afraid that riders would rush out to purchase a Japanese bike that didn't drip oil everywhere and reliably starts when you press the button.
We have one of the most car dependent societies in the world and also the highest car prices. Burn it down and deregulate.
Deregulate? So corporations can enslave you completely? Huh?
Where did Americans get this idea that regulation is holding you back? Probably the same "think tanks" that convinced so many they were poor because of immigrants instead of.... as usual.... the wool being pulled over your eyes by the wealth addicts....
American free market advocates when the market is free:
Nothing is more of a hoax than the concept of the "American Free Market."
WRONG!.gif
Freedom of speech.
Freedom of information.
The hoax that we have the best anything.
I could go on. Americans are massively deluded into thinking they're special and our country is amazing because they've never set foot outside of it. Even our internet feed is radically tuned towards isolationism. We are slightly above the "communist" countries that so many people in the US decry for building great firewalls or cutting their people off from the outside world.
Anyone who's ever traveled and opened up their youtube account in another country's airport even would know just how limited our vision of the world really is, and how much our news and speech is controlled.
How many US car manufacturer CEOs endorsed Trump? I'm betting a lot.
When all you want to do is sell vastly more expensive but quality poor versions of last century's product, you should be afraid. American automakers have had the government prop up their manufacturing for decades leaving the rest of the world open to create this century's products.
Oh man...I am American but I yearn for the day when I can buy a pickup with a full bed the size of a Daewoo Lanos
second this.
that slate truck/suv is lookin good tho even with the bitty bed. jay leno’s garage youtube just did a video about it
Cross your fingers it aint just Tesla again
“It’s bad for consumers” is one of those phrases that’s been misused so often I’m amazed these cunts still try to use it with a straight face. It’s like “I’m not racist, but” in terms of phrases that are widely understood to mean their direct opposite.
Good, maybe they'll realize nobody wants cars being as complete as AAA video game titles... Aka overpriced shit that's half assed with loads of issues.
This might be the best thing to happen to Americans in a long time and it’s the result of shitty anti consumer US policy 😂 at long last I might be able to buy a Toyota helix
I would prefer the Toyota HiAce or Crown Comfort.
GOOD
I really hope American car manufacturers go bankrupt. American cars are the worst. The rest of the world has better cars.
good
"It’s bad for our industry, it’s bad for our country, it’s bad for consumers."
I think they (accidentally, of course) left out the people that it's worst for.
Once these guys are gone, where are the Better Business Bureaus gonna find smarmy guys in suits?
Would you like a buggy whip with your gas guzzler, Sir?
Good.
FAFO.