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2022-02-10 Economy
Ford, GM tell their dealers to stop ripping off car buyers ‐ or else
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Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-10 03:39|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top

#1 ...The dealers are apparently digging in, blinded to their own best interest. Ford, on the other hand, has a nuclear weapon in the form of a huge unsold inventory of cars nobody wants. If a dealer wants to thumb their nose at corporate, then he'll get a surprise on transport day: one - EXACTLY ONE - F-150E Lightning, and four base Escorts.

And he won't get anything else until he sells those damned Escorts.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-02-10 04:49||   2022-02-10 04:49|| Front Page Top

#2 OPEN COMMENT TO US AUTOMAKERS

Given the New Vehicle price tags, we have already purchased our last NEW vehicle back in 2018.

Seriously our days of paying these Union wage prices for more than likely a NAFTA made vehicle, made in Mexico with parts from CCP are over.

Now that you are faced with assembly line part shortages, labor issues, production numbers, hyper-inflation issues, and limited buyers in this Liberal mismanaged pandemic economy. Your answer to making the stockholder promised numbers, to keep your chossy jobs and $$ million salaries is to stick it to the buyers.

As it stands the lately produced vehicles are lucky to last the length of the loan needed to get a monthly payment to afford it.

So unless things change, you had better start wheeling and dealing in the BKGRD with Congressional types for a bailout... IF the Liberal idiots have not already bankrupted the US economy and Gov.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-02-10 06:10||   2022-02-10 06:10|| Front Page Top

#3 The generation has forgotten the 70s (even though Brandon and crew are trying as hard as possible to bring it back).

Oil Embargo and Americans discovered the Japanese cars.
Fuel Efficient.
Made right the first time.
One sticker price that wasn't halfway down the door with 'extras'.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-10 07:22||   2022-02-10 07:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Wouldn't buy a new or used car at this time. Once shortages and price gouging is over, I am considering buying a US made foreign car for the first time.

Chrysler is already foreign owned. GM is more Chinese than American and Ford builds cars and trucks in Mexico and pretends they are American made.
Posted by Hupavish Speaking for Boskone8393 2022-02-10 07:36||   2022-02-10 07:36|| Front Page Top

#5 ..don't forget Windsor Canada.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-10 07:55||   2022-02-10 07:55|| Front Page Top

#6 What's the point in being in cars sales if you can't gouge people? Did you think those nice shiny dealership buildings were paid for by the owner?
Posted by ed in texas 2022-02-10 10:26||   2022-02-10 10:26|| Front Page Top

#7 The stealership makes most of their money in the service bays.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-10 10:34||   2022-02-10 10:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Aren't these the people who are considering yearly subscriptions for added features?

Manufacturer: oh you want full AC, well that's an extra $200/year.

Government: and the Grrrta tax is an extra $40.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-10 10:47||   2022-02-10 10:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Is this that supply and demand thing the econ boys are always going on about?
Posted by SteveS 2022-02-10 11:35||   2022-02-10 11:35|| Front Page Top

#10 #8 - I just heard about BMW doing a yearly subscription for the heated seats option. If true, that is some really stoopid shit.
Posted by Frank G 2022-02-10 11:51||   2022-02-10 11:51|| Front Page Top

#11 Somebody from the online gaming community needs to sit down with the board members and cautiously, slowly explain what happens with the 'Pay to Win' products and developers' reputation.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-02-10 12:30||   2022-02-10 12:30|| Front Page Top

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