Mitsubishi Plays On Its Strength In Crossovers and Electrics To Rise Back Up In U.S.

Its busting now in seemingly permanent ways. The Chinese built ports and made deals with Brazil and Argentina for things like soybeans and other crops after the first Trump administration.  It was easy for them to pivot, destroying red states who rely on this, just like China is also boycotting Kentucky Bourbon, as well as the Europeans, Africans, South Americans, etc.  BRICS has 35% of the worlds production and over 50% of the worlds population. Countries are looking to India and China rather than the US, and increasingly, The EU. Look for the G7 to lose share proportionally. The G7 I think is like 25% of worlds economic share, so BRICS is already larger.  Getting back to Ford, they will be fighting a ten year headwind when they finally get products with this new platform fully online about 2029. China has a solid ten year plus head start in terms of EV, and the BRICS advantage matters because BRICS countries have a built in desire to buy from China.  Plus, the move away from the dollar is a stated goal of BRICS, and fewer and fewer reserves worldwide are kept in the dollar all of the time.  Selling Chinese cars with a non dollar currency exchange is an easy way to de dollarize for big ticket items.  When i was in Mexico, I saw 5 (five) Harley Davidson motorcycles on the streets, and thousands and thousands of Chinese motorcycles.  The advantage of scale that China will have will be interesting to watch. I obviously am just some dude in Ohio with a "pink Carnation and a pickup truck" as the song says.  But we are getting closer to the day the music dies for legacy car makers.  Music video with the song, and 1950's American cars, at a time when American cars really were relevant.  Good day, folks.  ...and meanwhile, Xi is not returning Trumps phone calls, this should tell you all you need to know about American decline and what's going on. 

Not by 2029 but I am not sure that this isn't a giant Hail Mary by Ford.  That being said, my current ranger is pushing 118,000 trouble free miles on the odometer, it has been to like 25 or 30 states and hauled everything imaginable. Its done everything I have asked of it with efficiency and grace and amazingly, is probably one of my favorite ever vehicles.  Would Love, love, love to see Ford succeed with this. It might win my cynical a$$ back into a Ford Dealership to buy another Ford product, my political feelings about things non withstanding.  America is a dying empire and this is reflected in the vehicles it produces. just like the 50's and 60's were a time of growth, and THAT was reflected in the vehicles we built then. Without getting political, we have been moving away from the rule of law, working together,working towards the future, and moving forward for a few decades now. Its not just one orange man, its the system.  Oddly enough the Ranger is popular in South America, I could see buying another one if I become an expat elsewhere. 

I am really convinced Honda has lost the plot as well, love this Aussie commentator.   

The economy is cooked.  I ate breakfast at a place that's normally packed Sunday morning, three other people eating. The economic downturn is going to be brutal. 

Wine in Portland does not seem to have a similar decline. What I am most sad about is that Micro breweries seem to be in decline also. yes, i said that I don't buy many of their products any more, but it also seems small independent breweries went from brewing just good independent beer to brewing stranger and stranger stuff to be original and get attention.