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		coliveira on Sept 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans' love affair with big cars is killing th... The whole idea behind tariffs on Chinese products is that cheap prices will NOT be tolerated. The US is stuck with expensive cars for the foreseeable future.

leotravis10 on Sept 6, 2024 [–]

That's what I tried to tell you folks. Good luck finding a car in the US that is under $20,000 these days because you won't find it: https://www.motor1.com/features/710453/cheap-cars-dead/

Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39731164

Dan Gillmor's thoughts: https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/112102491028919681

THIS is why we need Chinese automakers to keep the pressure on these US and EU automakers to produce cheaper cars again.

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