200k New Jobs Last Month

[Dondilion]

Millennial are losing their cars.
https://www.newsweek.com/millenials-...-index-1872070

A scant 10 percent of new cars are listed below $30k.

Americans need a $15k car and one that does not bewilder/bedeviled the mechanics.

The big boys are not interesting in building sedans. They want to sell $70k trucks which economy cannot afford.

Check the pile up of Rams at Stellantis.

No wonder the Chinese are so scary.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Millennial are losing their cars.
https://www.newsweek.com/millenials-...-index-1872070

A scant 10 percent of new cars are listed below $30k.

Americans need a $15k car and one that does not bewilder/bedeviled the mechanics.

The big boys are not interesting in building sedans. They want to sell $70k trucks which economy cannot afford.

Check the pile up of Rams at Stellantis.

No wonder the Chinese are so scary.

Plenty of ultra-reliable Toyota Corollas starting at $20K new, $15K used with a good 20 years worth of life remaining.

Detroit has never been interested in cheap, reliable cars, which the Japanese and Korean companies have taken advantage of for many, many years. You're still not telling us anything new.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Millennial are losing their cars.
https://www.newsweek.com/millenials-...-index-1872070

A scant 10 percent of new cars are listed below $30k.

Americans need a $15k car and one that does not bewilder/bedeviled the mechanics.

The big boys are not interesting in building sedans. They want to sell $70k trucks which economy cannot afford.

Check the pile up of Rams at Stellantis.

No wonder the Chinese are so scary.

Manufacturers are responding to consumer demand. The average consumer simply doesn't want a sedan any more. They want a crossover utility vehicle or light truck and this is largely driven by America's low (by First World standards) gasoline prices (Gas prices average ~$3.50/gallon here and ~$8/gallon in Europe.)

As for cars bedeviling mechanics, most cars nowadays require only consumables (tires, brakes, filters, fluids) for their first 10 years (or longer). For example, my 2014 Mazda6 is now 11 years old and has only needed oil, filters, fluids, brakes and tires and still drives and looks like new - zero rust, no oil consumption, tight steering, and ample power.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Manufacturers are responding to consumer demand.

So why the pile of trucks.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

So why the pile of trucks.

Because lots of consumers like pickup trucks. The Ford F150 has been the largest selling vehicle in the US for years and years.

[Dondilion]

Truck sales across the board have plunged...Stellantis, GM, Ford.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Truck sales across the board have plunged...Stellantis, GM, Ford.

Bullshit.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...es-since-1951/

https://www.fortunebusinessinsights....-market-105070

[Oerets]

They build Ford trucks here you'all know. Just today had to wait while a train passed a double engine setup. Full of new trucks heading north. Nothing other then trucks loaded on this train. Most were non white.....

[Dondilion]

For first half of 2024 overall sales of full size pick up trucks are down.
Ford F series and Ram truck decline significantly.

https://tfltruck.com/2024/07/ford-f-...rowing%20sales.

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

For first half of 2024 overall sales of full size pick up trucks are down.
Ford F series and Ram truck decline significantly.

https://tfltruck.com/2024/07/ford-f-...rowing%20sales.

Well you know for a few years they continued to build and store them. All due to C-19 and lack of sales.

Are you even in the USA?