I have always bought American cars until 2022. I didn't want a truck or an SUV. I couldn't find a domestic used car with less than 70,000 miles because, well, the domestic automakers mostly make trucks. I had a line on one but I had to make an appointment to test drive it. Another couple had come from 2 1/2 hours away to test drive it before me. I knew they weren't coming that far without buying it and I was right. I ended up buying a low-mileage 2014 Honda Civic with two-thirds domestic content from a hard-working small dealership and am pretty happy with it. In fact, it's one of the best cars I've ever had. And there's more room inside than the newer Buick SUV I drove. I'm told I can get 200,000 miles out of this car if I take care of it.
If that makes me a dinosaur still driving a car, so be it. Did the best I could to stay domestic.
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, I didn't leave the domestic automakers, they left me.
A number of consumers assess "Buy American" based on where the parent company is based -- where profits go. This would include Chevrolet/GM, Ford, Rivian, Tesla. Stellantis is complicated because it's still considered a Detroit Three company but its global HQ is in The Netherlands. And while Toyota, Honda, VW and Kia employ US factory workers, their home bases are in Japan, Germany and S. Korea. (It's worth noting that companies not unionized in the US are, in fact, unionized at home.)
Exactly! I was in the market for a EV SUV and decided to stay with my 2019 GMC for another few years. Longest time I’ve kept a vehicle in my 50 years of owning cars/trucks. Understand the market but still old school refusing to own any vehicle without a 1,4, or 5 at the start of the vin.
It’ll be interesting once Rivian shows a profit and VW agrees on a contract.
In the weeks preceding the Detroit International Auto Show, I purchase a black & beautiful 2015 Ford Explorer Limited 4x4 with the 3.5 LT engine for $14,495.00, which is approx. 75% less of what the current MSRP is for a similar model. The original MSRP sticker price on the vehicle purchased is $48,800. The selling dealer was Al Serra Chevrolet in Grand Blanc, Mi.. I am very much satisfied with this model, it has so many electronic features, and a super-clean leather interior w/ double sunroofs. It should be a perfect model Ford vehicle if I ever have the opportunity to have a date night, and the vehicle shall compliment my newly purchase black lambskin leather jacket and Thorogood brand black Chelsea boots... now, I just need to find a nice pair of black leather slacks and I'll be ready to rock steady!
I have always bought American cars until 2022. I didn't want a truck or an SUV. I couldn't find a domestic used car with less than 70,000 miles because, well, the domestic automakers mostly make trucks. I had a line on one but I had to make an appointment to test drive it. Another couple had come from 2 1/2 hours away to test drive it before me. I knew they weren't coming that far without buying it and I was right. I ended up buying a low-mileage 2014 Honda Civic with two-thirds domestic content from a hard-working small dealership and am pretty happy with it. In fact, it's one of the best cars I've ever had. And there's more room inside than the newer Buick SUV I drove. I'm told I can get 200,000 miles out of this car if I take care of it.
If that makes me a dinosaur still driving a car, so be it. Did the best I could to stay domestic.
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, I didn't leave the domestic automakers, they left me.
Nothing satisfies the need to buy American better than a Korean built trailblazer.
A number of consumers assess "Buy American" based on where the parent company is based -- where profits go. This would include Chevrolet/GM, Ford, Rivian, Tesla. Stellantis is complicated because it's still considered a Detroit Three company but its global HQ is in The Netherlands. And while Toyota, Honda, VW and Kia employ US factory workers, their home bases are in Japan, Germany and S. Korea. (It's worth noting that companies not unionized in the US are, in fact, unionized at home.)
Exactly! I was in the market for a EV SUV and decided to stay with my 2019 GMC for another few years. Longest time I’ve kept a vehicle in my 50 years of owning cars/trucks. Understand the market but still old school refusing to own any vehicle without a 1,4, or 5 at the start of the vin.
It’ll be interesting once Rivian shows a profit and VW agrees on a contract.
Rivian is absolutely a company to watch.
ICYMI:
https://phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/he-left-jeep-for-rivian-heres-why
Another in a long line of good work, already read and passed on. Thanks
In the weeks preceding the Detroit International Auto Show, I purchase a black & beautiful 2015 Ford Explorer Limited 4x4 with the 3.5 LT engine for $14,495.00, which is approx. 75% less of what the current MSRP is for a similar model. The original MSRP sticker price on the vehicle purchased is $48,800. The selling dealer was Al Serra Chevrolet in Grand Blanc, Mi.. I am very much satisfied with this model, it has so many electronic features, and a super-clean leather interior w/ double sunroofs. It should be a perfect model Ford vehicle if I ever have the opportunity to have a date night, and the vehicle shall compliment my newly purchase black lambskin leather jacket and Thorogood brand black Chelsea boots... now, I just need to find a nice pair of black leather slacks and I'll be ready to rock steady!