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Politics and tariffs may have accelerated the process, but it was/is inevitable that US based sedan plants would close as demand and production shifts to SUVs, and manufacturers produce a smaller range of models. Newer models have more robotic lines and need fewer employees, and manufacturers are trying to get positioned for the shift to electric.
Questions: is total US demand for vehicles expected to be lower? (or just shift to SUVS & electric?)
and do these closures mean that foreign vehicles will increase their market share?
In any case I expect that there will be fewer models to choose from in the showroom and manufacturers will get out of smaller low volume niche markets.
Apparently Ford cars aren't selling either. Actually I had the Ford announcement date wrong, it was not announced last month, it was back in April. The only "cars" it's going to offer are the Mustang and the upcoming Ford Focus Active. Everything else will be an SUV or a truck.
The hapless community agitator told us all there'd be millions of cheap electrics on the road and gasoline would be $10/gallon. Exactly the opposite happened. Like everything else he endorsed and gave 1000s of millions of tax dollars to, it went to ****.
This is yet another example. And Obama no doubt rooked them on buying that Volt too.
There's a fairly new commercial about the Mercedes Sprinter van, touting the 'configurability' and that it will be built in South Carolina.
Daimler built that plant to get around the 25% chicken tax. Previously the Sprinter vans were built in Germany, then disassembled, and shipped in kit form to SC for reassembly. Not exactly the most profitable way to sell a van.
Smaller cars are in less demand partially due to Trump's reversal of clean and efficient fuel standards and tariff wars (increased car prices passed along to consumers).
In 2017, Chevy cars were on the best selling cars list.
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