• @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    461 month ago

    So what defines a “foreign” car? BMW builds the X3 in South Carolina and VW builds their SUVs in Tennessee. However Ford builds the Bronco in Mexico. So which one will be tariffed?

      • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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        231 month ago

        So Ford gets taxed while the “import” brand doesn’t. Another well thought out policy by this administration. My “foreign” car was built in Alabama.

        • @Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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          229 days ago

          They just need a metric to wave in the face of their very stupid voter base. If they don’t get any, they’ll make some up. They absolutely do not care if this policy successfully results in the stated intended effect.

  • Tempus Fugit
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    451 month ago

    Still not buying American trash cars. Of all the vehicles I’ve ever owned, American cars were by far the worst. I’ll stick to my Japanese autos thank you very much. They know how to make a reliable car that punches above its class. I don’t give two shits if I have to pay a tariff.

    • Zeppo
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      1 month ago

      A lot of Japanese cars are made in the US. Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai and Kia all have manufacturing facilities in the US.

      • @evidences@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        You know what cars aren’t manufactured in the USA? American cars. I drive a fusion and the only part I could find that wasn’t made in Mexico was the radio.

        • @PineRune@lemmy.world
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          201 month ago

          Anyone that has worked in automotive manufacturing can confirm. Most of the material comes packaged in boxes “shipped from” Mexico or China. It’s assembled in the US and so they say “Made in the U.S.A.”

      • @takeda@lemm.ee
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        141 month ago

        Yeah, and because of NAFTA to build a car, parts were going across the border multiple times back and forth. So with tariffs that can increase the price much more.

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            It’s on both, but just learned that apparently it won’t impact the parts that going back and forth across the border. It looks like those additional tariffs which will affect it are still planned on April 2nd.

      • @Raiderkev@lemmy.world
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        61 month ago

        Yeah, but the quality is noticably better on the cars with J VINs. I have made sure every car I’ve ever gotten was built in Japan.

      • Tempus Fugit
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        51 month ago

        Yup, that’s why I avoid them too. My current car was made with quality and care in Japan, as will my next car.

  • @Geodad@lemm.ee
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    171 month ago

    Toyota builds Camry, Avalon, RAV4, and Lexus in Georgetown, KY.

    If it means foreign brands, that will fuck over a lot of red state workers, if he means foreign built, maybe not.

  • macniel
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    161 month ago

    Mhm pay 25% more for a good car or buy a swasticar…

    • @werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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      129 days ago

      He’s permanently a person for a very very long randomly sized amount of time that is shorter than 100years and longer than 1 second. It could be a heart condition or covid in a week or next year on good Friday. Who knows. But it won’t be 100 more. My guess is 5 to 10 more. He’ll be litigating the entire time.