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Why are cheap affordable basic utility vehicles blocked in the U.S. market?
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:26 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:26 am
Trucks like this? There’s a major market for cheap affordable vehicles that leave out all the fancy tech that no one wants. Why can’t these enter the U.S. market over the lowest average for a new car being 30k.
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:27 am to RaoulDuke504
Because the elites don’t want this place to feel like Bolivia
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:30 am to RaoulDuke504
Emissions standards.
Give me Toyota Helix and may be the last truck I buy. When in Panama last year I drooled at them and they were everywhere.
Give me Toyota Helix and may be the last truck I buy. When in Panama last year I drooled at them and they were everywhere.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:31 am to RaoulDuke504
i'd finance that for 84 months no worries
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:31 am to RaoulDuke504
Look at the places you see those driving around...third world countries
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:34 am to RaoulDuke504
Probably a lot to do with safety standards... imagine a suicide capsule like that driving on i10 in Houston...
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:34 am to RaoulDuke504
I'd buy one today if I could. Not sure why every freaking truck in this country has to be $60K+.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:35 am to RaoulDuke504
You can get a used street legal K truck (jap truck) for about $5,000. I'm seriously considering getting one for around the house.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:43 am to RaoulDuke504
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Why are cheap affordable basic utility vehicles blocked in the U.S. market?
Lots of people will say they "would" buy one but how many actually would? I'm skeptical
Also, emissions and safety
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:44 am to RaoulDuke504
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:45 am to RaoulDuke504
I believe the import tariff on "small utility trucks" is something ridiculous like 60% which prices them out of what any reasonable person would pay. Saw a brand new Chevy S-10 the other day with Mexico plates and damn did that thing look nice.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:46 am to RaoulDuke504
This is simple from an economic perspective.
The cost to arrest then house those committing hate crimes against dudes that drive these would outweigh the sales and assumes much less risk.
The cost to arrest then house those committing hate crimes against dudes that drive these would outweigh the sales and assumes much less risk.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:48 am to RaoulDuke504
NHTSA
EPA
EPA
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:49 am to RaoulDuke504
It's a combination of emissions and safety standards and the manufacturers not wanting to dilute sales on their US specific models like the 4Runner or Taco.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:51 am to RaoulDuke504
Chickens... the answer is chickens... the US wanted Europe to buy more chickens and so we put a moratorium on light utility vehicles to protect our unions... cuz that makes sense
well that didnt work, but we never stopped the moratorium
I wish I was joking... google chicken tax 1964
well that didnt work, but we never stopped the moratorium
I wish I was joking... google chicken tax 1964
Posted on 5/9/24 at 10:53 am to RaoulDuke504
Ruling class wants American citizens drowning in debt
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:10 am to RaoulDuke504
If any of you every drove one of those things in US conditions, the bitching would be epic -
Waaaaahhhhh, no power, can't keep up with traffic waaaaahhhh
Waaaaahhhh, muh AC, waaaahhhhhh
Wahhhhhh, I got runover by a giant Corolla an' kilt, suuuuueeee Toyota waaaahhhh
Waaaaahhh, It's so noisy inside Ima go deef, Ima sue somebody, waaaaahhhhh
If you really want this exact level of functionality with similar performance, go buy a John Deere Gator. As for the chicken tax, Toyota and Nissan have decades of experience in evading it. If they thought more than 10 of you losers would buy one and they could limp it past emissions and crash, they'd sell them here.
Downvote away.
Waaaaahhhhh, no power, can't keep up with traffic waaaaahhhh
Waaaaahhhh, muh AC, waaaahhhhhh
Wahhhhhh, I got runover by a giant Corolla an' kilt, suuuuueeee Toyota waaaahhhh
Waaaaahhh, It's so noisy inside Ima go deef, Ima sue somebody, waaaaahhhhh
If you really want this exact level of functionality with similar performance, go buy a John Deere Gator. As for the chicken tax, Toyota and Nissan have decades of experience in evading it. If they thought more than 10 of you losers would buy one and they could limp it past emissions and crash, they'd sell them here.
Downvote away.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:25 am to RaoulDuke504
Just buy a single cab truck from the 80s and restore it. I got a $1500 Jeep Comanche and I'm getting close to being finished restoring and modernizing it. I already have $1000 in it. I plan on putting another $1000-$1500 into it. I do all of the work in my spare time on the weekends. I buy all of my parts on eBay and Rockauto. I taught myself how to weld. After I'm done the truck will be worth $12k-$15k. I'll prob never get rid of it.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 11:27 am
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:39 am to RaoulDuke504
EPA and insurance lobby.
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