Major Car Companies React to Trump’s Tariffs, Immediately Slash Prices for U.S. Buyers

[Concerned American]

Right. The Maverick appears to be a Ford Explorer frame with a back end open pickup bed.

Prices well below the Explorer frame though. I haven't seen one personally--only print ads. I was surprised to see they have models under $30K. It is too small for my needs, but urban dwellers may find use for it.

 

[Concerned American]

My Bridgeport Mill is 48 years old. Good machines last. The machinery in those plants is still there, and back in the day the manufacturers would have a small crew to keep them maintained, just in case.

I don't know if they still do that, but just a few years ago they did.

You bet. Those machines are basic, but they were built to make about anything. I wouldn't hesitate to buy old American made mills and lathes. They were built so that problems could be easily repaired. Simple.

 

[Concerned American]

Time for Ford to bring back the Courier…I had a 1972.
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The Courier was a Mazda B2000

 

[leftwinger]

Prices well below the Explorer frame though. I haven't seen one personally--only print ads. I was surprised to see they have models under $30K. It is too small for my needs, but urban dwellers may find use for it.

It will fit some of the newer development home garages. Specs say it is size of Fusion? ~215" if my memory is good.

 

[Concerned American]

It will fit some of the newer development home garages. Specs say it is size of Fusion? ~215" if my memory is good.

I can relate to the garage problem, LOL. My F250 could fit in the garage if I took the shelving out AND if it would fit through the door---if I took the trailer ball off.

 

[westwall]

You bet. Those machines are basic, but they were built to make about anything. I wouldn't hesitate to buy old American made mills and lathes. They were built so that problems could be easily repaired. Simple.

The Bridgeport can make itself. That means it can make just about anything.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

You're not wrong as much as what you say is a half-truth. dims seem to specialize in those.

To use round numbers, let's say a car consists of ten parts valued at $10k.

7 of those parts come from the USA at a cost of $2,000. Which is 70%, amirite? No??

But the other parts, the value added parts, engine, transmission and electronics come from Japan and their total value is $8,000.

Are you following me, here? Good. So while it is correct to say that 70% of the car is made in the USA, it is very misleading.

The Japanese don't like to ship car seats, glass, windows and othter low-value items all the way from Japan. So they 'local-source' them.

We do the same thing to Mexico but not nearly as bad. My Engine, a Cummins, was made in Indiana. I think we also make the sheet metal here. Not sure anymore what-all comes from where. It changes almost daily.

If you choose to believe lying dimocrap scum, that is up to you. But be prepared to be roundly mocked because -- You will deserve it.

Anyway
Like Vw/Audi they ship their engines and their transmissions over for cars assembled here
I know this

That's a DemocRat talking point ?

I wasnt a car builder in my day I was a little ag man

I can tell you all about auto upholstery 2nds from the '80s and '90s and what the third worlders did with it

 

[BrokeLoser]

The Courier was a Mazda B2000

It sure was…we called it a Fazda

 

[Concerned American]

It sure was…we called it a Fazda

I had a B2000 in the early 80s--suited my needs at the time and the price was right.

 

[Edgetho]

Hell, even the old "flat front" Rangers go for stupid money around here.

The new Rangers are nice, really nice. Built on the Explorer platform. But they want too much, WAY too much money for them.

I'd buy an F-150 first. A little more money but not all that much.

My buddy has a Gen II 3.5L EcoBeast in his F-150 with a 10-Speed.

That thing is frighteningly fast. I mean, no shit, pin your head to the seat fast. And it will pull your house off its foundation. It ain't a Cummins but for what it is, it's amazing.

I have a Ram CTD but if I had to get another truck right now, it would be an F-150, 3.5 EB.

I had one with the Coyote engine and it did fine but.... It's not an EB. The 2.7L is a good engine for a grocery-getter, but........ They put the 3.5L EB in the 216 MPH GT !

 

[MagicMike]

Trump is restoring our economy and bringing more investment into our country.

Fake news

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

The new Rangers are nice, really nice. Built on the Explorer platform. But they want too much, WAY too much money for them.

I'd buy an F-150 first. A little more money but not all that much.

My buddy has a Gen II 3.5L EcoBeast in his F-150 with a 10-Speed.

That thing is frighteningly fast. I mean, no shit, pin your head to the seat fast. And it will pull your house off its foundation. It ain't a Cummins but for what it is, it's amazing.

I have a Ram CTD but if I had to get another truck right now, it would be an F-150, 3.5 EB.

I had one with the Coyote engine and it did fine but.... It's not an EB. The 2.7L is a good engine for a grocery-getter, but........ They put the 3.5L EB in the 216 MPH GT !

Toyota needs to get a line going in the USA where they're slapping together that little $20,000 truck ....
It would sell like gangbusters ...

What's the one rule where they had to put seats in the back of that Subaru to call it a passenger car
That needs to be gotten rid of
I forget the name of the law
And the name of the El Camino Subaru

 

[Edgetho]

Toyota needs to get a line going in the USA where they're slapping together that little $20,000 truck ....
It would sell like gangbusters ...

What's the one rule where they had to put seats in the back of that Subaru to call it a passenger car
That needs to be gotten rid of
I forget the name of the law
And the name of the El Camino Subaru

The Brat?

 

[leftwinger]

A repeat. This is the table the USA put out. It says Tariffs charged to the USA. Many Stain dispute that? I don't know. I know USA trade deficit is always high. So the USA still gives most a Discounted rate. Yet Stain continue to yell, because TDS?

Country	Tariffs Charged to the U.S.A.	U.S.A. Discounted Reciprocal Tariffs
Argentina	10%	10%
Australia	10%	10%
Bangladesh	74%	37%
Botswana	74%	37%
Brazil	10%	10%
Cambodia	97%	49%
Chile	10%	10%
China	67%	34%
Colombia	10%	10%
Costa Rica	17%	10%
Côte d’Ivoire	41%	21%
Dominican Republic	10%	10%
Ecuador	12%	10%
Egypt	10%	10%
El Salvador	10%	10%
European Union	39%	20%
Guatemala	10%	10%
Honduras	10%	10%
India	52%	26%
Indonesia	64%	32%
Israel	33%	17%
Japan	46%	24%
Jordan	40%	20%
Kazakhstan	54%	27%
Laos	95%	48%
Madagascar	93%	47%
Malaysia	47%	24%
Morocco	10%	10%
Myanmar (Burma)	88%	44%
New Zealand	20%	10%
Nicaragua	36%	18%
Norway	30%	15%
Pakistan	58%	29%
Peru	10%	10%
Philippines	34%	17%
Saudi Arabia	10%	10%
Serbia	74%	37%
Singapore	10%	10%
South Africa	60%	30%
South Korea	50%	25%
Sri Lanka	88%	44%
Switzerland	61%	31%
Taiwan	64%	32%
Thailand	72%	36%
Trinidad and Tobago	12%	10%
Tunisia	55%	28%
Turkey	10%	10%
United Arab Emirates	10%	10%
United Kingdom	10%	10%
Vietnam	90%	46%

 

[leftwinger]

You can't stop whats' coming.

 

[Edgetho]

You can't stop whats' coming.

 

[leftwinger]

Initially, the market responded favorably, up more than one percent when Trump referred to ‘reciprocal tariffs’ in his Rose Garden speech. It was only when he put up a chart showing the actual tariffs that the markets plunged.”

“We can divine from this response that market participants are supportive of the administration using tariffs as a tool to lower the asymmetrical tariffs of our trading partners, but are highly concerned with tariff levels set well in excess of a corresponding country’s levels.”

“So why did Trump take this approach?”

“The answer goes back to ‘The Art of the Deal.’Trump’s negotiating style is to ask for the moon and then settle somewhere in between. It has worked well for him in the past so he is using the same approach here.”

“The market’s response is due to the fear that if this strategy fails and the tariffs stay in place, they will plunge our economy into a recession. And we don’t need to wait for failure as it doesn’t take long for a high degree of uncertainty to cause economic activity to slow.”


Not by me: by Bill Ackerman

 

[jc456]

Cars made in Mexico for the US market need to meet CAFE standards, but there are ZERO environmental protection laws.

Auto makers pulled the plug

 

[Concerned American]

Toyota needs to get a line going in the USA where they're slapping together that little $20,000 truck ....
It would sell like gangbusters ...

What's the one rule where they had to put seats in the back of that Subaru to call it a passenger car
That needs to be gotten rid of
I forget the name of the law
And the name of the El Camino Subaru

The Subaru with the seats in the bed was called the Brat. I always thought they put the seats and belts in the bed to beat the CA law of not being able to ride in the bed of a pickup without approved seats and safety restraints. Haven't seen one in years though.

 

[jc456]

BTW, the auto union president says there are unlimited factories to accommodate all new start ups