I feel the same about GM product. To each his own.If it didn't hurt workers, I wish the entire brand went away. I can't stand them.
I feel the same about GM product. To each his own.If it didn't hurt workers, I wish the entire brand went away. I can't stand them.
Highest selling sedans*Sedans manufactured by Toyota are still the highest selling vehicles in the United States. So I think it´s a matter of Toyota being just better. Nobody wants to compete with the Camry-Corolla cabal.
Have you driven one? They are good cars! I owned one and rented many.Good riddance. Not a good car.
Good riddance. Not a good car.
All in the hands of the beholder. I had a new Altima when I was getting my Nissan Rogue Select serviced. Ca. 2017 Poor E steering, ho hum engine performance and NVH. Seats OK certainly not as good as the Japanese built '14 Rogue, Plain vanilla transportation only done fair-at-best, as was the Camry. I have HIGH standards having driven good sports cars and luxury mid sixties American cars.Have you driven one? They are good cars! I owned one and rented many.
You are set with two vehicles, a utility SUV and a sedan. What if you could only have one?You would think there'd be a pretty broad market for efficient four door sedans offered at moderate prices with decent equipment even in base form and you'd be wrong.
For reasons unknown to me, most drivers these days prefer something larger and thirstier not gifted with good handling and easy to park size.
Just in time for increasing demand for sedans and other fuel efficient vehicles.Another sedan gets the axe.
You are set with two vehicles, a utility SUV and a sedan. What if you could only have one?
Well, no reason not to have one of each rather than one SUV plus dad's commuter half ton air hauler.You are set with two vehicles, a utility SUV and a sedan. What if you could only have one?
I predict Chinese cars will fill this void in the US sooner or later. It's clear the major players from Michigan and Japan collectively care less about selling cheap cars every year. Why should they when enougy people keep ponying up big money for trucks and they can maximize margin per vehicle?I´m telling you, the market is RIPE for a compact economical vehicle to blast in. in the days of 60k pickup trucks... somebody come in with a sub 20k well equipped vehicle that seats four. Something needs to reset this market.
Something like the new Ford Bronco, except Ford has done it all wrong. prices have climbed, production is limited to orders, and more high end exclusive packages. The market is ripe for get-it-out-there and affordable.
Think of a Ford Bronco 4dr under-around 20k, and 100k+ production annaully, designed NOT to use as many chips, twenty on every lot with various engine configs, upper trims with hybrid, full EV, but lower trims with NA motors. It has to be from a non standard brand, the big dogs will not do it to save their higher end models.
But what about the North American safety standards?I predict Chinese cars will fill this void in the US sooner or later. It's clear the major players from Michigan and Japan collectively care less about selling cheap cars every year. Why should they when enougy people keep ponying up big money for trucks and they can maximize margin per vehicle?
But not everybody can afford this absurdly high new average vehicle price, and the Chinese OEMs need an "in" with the North American market. Selling cheap, basic transportation, in a market that is now basically devoid of that, I think will let them get their foot in the door and find success. And once they can build a reputation in small/cheap cars, they'll be like Hyundai/Kia where over the years they'll become more and more mainstream and then offer more expensive cars too. We'll see what happens, but I feel like that's a matter of "when" and not "if" at this point.
Not yet they can't.But what about the North American safety standards?
IIRC, most Chinese offerings can't pass even the most basic of crash tests.
Once they invest billions to improve the ratings, don't you think that would increase the cost of the vehicle?Not yet they can't.
I don't think it would take billions.Once they invest billions to improve the ratings, don't you think that would increase the cost of the vehicle?
Eventually those costs of R&D have to be passed onto the consumer, making the purchase price comparable to current offerings from Japan, Korea etc.