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Sure, it does, as we have already seen some deals are being made that reduce the tariff compared to what it was before the latest announcements. For those that are not wanting what is on the lot currently or want something made outside the U.S., it totally makes sense that they would hold off and keep driving their older auto.

Interesting the news on this: Project 2025: Full List of Organizations Behind Proposals - Newsweek Toyota, Ford and General Motors join sprint to donate millions to Trump's inauguration fund Breaking down list alleging companies like McDonald's and Walmart donated to Trump | Snopes.com Trump inauguration donors include Meta, Amazon, Target, Delta, Ford Crazy all the companies that have invested in Trump and the whole Project 2025 for destruction of America Democracy and the growth of dictatorship.

Based on sales rates for the auto dealers, it might be 180 days as people who are not forced to buy a new auto are holding off. I am seeing my neighbors who were thinking of getting a new auto have now held off waiting to see where prices go as dealers are already raising prices with add on stickers here about Tariff fee. 😒 I suspect there is some unsavory sales being done too for increased profits.

I also am wondering if the next Rav4 could look a bit like that bZ3X in the photo. I will say this is the first time a car from Toyota has actually caught my attention as the bZ7 is pretty sweet looking.

WOW, Sorry to hear the storm is so bad. All the best for riding it out.

This is too funny and I HOPE HOPE HOPE Amazon moves forward with this as all the auto's on Amazon for sale will have a TRUMP TARIFF line that shows how much TARIFF tax they will pay. Trump’s ‘Pottery Barn rule’ problem

House Republicans, lead by Sam Graves, Republican for Montana and head of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are proposing a $250 annual charge for electric vehicles as part of an effort to shore up funding for the national highway system and other transportation projects. Graves stated that with the increase in electric, hybrid and just overall efficiency in internal combustion automobiles that the federal tax collected per mile traveled has dropped, making it a challenge to keep the Federal Highway Administration funded. With the new fees, Republicans hope to raise $50 billion in new funding over the next 10 years. The additional money would go to pay for highway repairs and additional funding for air traffic control. Republicans point out that since 2008, more than $275 billion has been shifted from the general fund to pay for road repairs. The federal government has not raised fuel taxes, currently 18.3 cents per gallon, since October of 1993. The latest proposed fee schedule would be $250 per electric vehicle per year and $100 per hybrid-vehicle per year. An earlier proposal had the electric vehicle fee at $200 per year and also included a $20 per year fee for gasoline and diesel powered vehicles. The Federal fee would be on top of any state fees imposed. Many states have adopted EV fees to replace the loss in gas tax revenue at the local level. The federal fees are tied to inflation and would be recalculated each year and grow over time. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has pointed out that the proposed $250 fee would require the average EV owner to pay the equivalent 1366 gallons gas tax while hybrid owners would pay roughly the equivalent of 547 gallons of fuel tax on top of paying 18.3 cents at the pump. For an EV owner, they would be paying as much tax as someone driving 15,000 miles per year in an 11 mpg vehicle. The average amount of gas used by non-hybrid gasoline vehicles is roughly 489 gallons per year. This latest proposal comes just two months after the House attempted to propose a bill that would have killed the Biden-era electric tax credit system and funding for manufacturing of batteries to EVs. With state republicans worried about billions that would be lost due to killing of the IRA bill, house republicans have focused on how to make everyone pay more into the federal system. The GOP says it is only fair that Hybrid and Electric vehicle owners pay their fair share into the federal Highway Administration department. View full article

Very cool to see This Hyundai Ioniq 5 Owner Managed 413,991 Miles In Under Four Years, With One Big Catch

Removing tariffs that idiot47 caused so much pain with for getting nothing in return show how stupid a person can be in not understanding true business and how to negotiate. A real man with Business sense would have put together a package of tariffs to present to China to address specific areas that are an imbalance not just attack everything and see what falls out. As such, incompetence in not understanding the long road map to building greatness shows how foolish the current administration is and now they are going to sign an exception list for the auto industry. Destroy good trading partners just to cause Chaos! Never a sound business strategy. Trump to Sign Order Later Tuesday Easing Auto Tariff Impact

Ughhhhhhhhh UPS cuts 20,000 jobs, GM delays investor call as Trump's tariffs create corporate chaos | Reuters The Companies Lowering or Ditching Guidance Amid Tariff Chaos - Business Insider Trump tariffs: Pepsi, Chipotle, P&G cut earnings forecasts Major companies face a difficult task in estimating the impact of tariffs on their business | RochesterFirst Interesting reads on the auto industry. Cox Automotive Forecast: First Quarter New-Vehicle Sales Expected to Increase Year over Year as Market Momentum Shows Signs of Fading - Cox Automotive Inc. The rush is over from Q1, expect everything else to slow dooooooooowwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnn. Tariffs will lead to 2 million fewer auto sales in US this year, auto advisory firm forecasts | Reuters 5 Predictions For The Auto Industry In 2025

This will be interesting to see how it plays out now that a Banker is PM of Canada and has no respect for Idiot47. They now look to take a more central roll on the Global Stage and in Commerce. This will be an interesting time as the U.S. could find itself struggling especially from an Auto Industry stand point to continue the growth they had. Mexico is supporting Chinese auto companies, Canada is looking to embrace BYD and other imports, this does not bode well for the U.S. economic engine. 'Trump is trying to break us': Carney wins in Canada riding fury at Trump to victory This from GM along with others I am seeing in the news today pretty much tells us we are in for a recession. GM pulls forecast due to tariffs as nervous consumers rush to buy As company's pull their forecast, that speaks volumes about what they see for the rest of this year, long term future of growth as people pull back from spending money. GM pulls forecast due to tariffs as nervous consumers rush to buy

OUCH another CyberTurd fail, no so water capable even at the waterline. Instagram Story on it here: A driver believed Elon Musk's wildest Cybertruck design claim, and it didn't end well I hope the lady continues to win and keep Musk from taking an out of line pay package that he is not worthy to receive. Tesla Investor Fights With Musk Over Billionaire’s Pay in Appeal

Was wondering what the sales numbers are and I see since it came out, it has gone no where but down. Slowest selling auto for years now. Dodge Hornet Tops The U.S. Slowest-Selling Vehicle List Again - MoparInsiders That is pretty pathetic, I honestly have not seen any here in the wild for the PNW, so I do wonder where they are selling. WOW, just saw that they have a 428-day supply on hand. Crazy

This shows that we must never forget the history of how lying men can destroy a country. Kill others all to justify a personal blindness to the multi-cultural society that the planet is and will always be. It was interesting to see the Mercedes Benz, BMW and Volkswagen logos all over. Clearly these three companies played a big roll in arming Germany and hurting the world. Yet we also can see some amazing technology that was created and used in the auto industy.

That is a tough question, GM has stopped importing and those that have come in are being kept at the ports till this issue gets resolved. I honestly can see plenty of auto's from Europe, Asia sitting at our ports for months and eventually having to be discounted at the end of the year to be sold due to this stupidity. In regards to Mexico and Canada, I have not seen any clear message on how the auto companies are dealing with the models that are built there to come here. As far as I can see, they have paused production, but not 100% sure on all of it as it is such a birds nest mess. Hopefully Drew might have some other insight I have not seen yet.

He just visited Mexico and had some time looking at the products. I will, say that all my coworkers in other markets where BYD sells autos have pretty positive impressions of BYD as they go Global. I can see BYD surpassing Toyota as the world's biggest auto builder.

The Mazda CX50 is a compact that built in the U.S. for Canada and is now paused for production and jobs as they will import them from Japan to avoid the idiotic tariffs. Then we also have Subaru, Honda and Stellantis that has all paused production of select models that are exported to Canada, Mexico or outside North America for sale that have been paused with temp layoffs due to the tariff's stupidity.

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If the Germans were HONEST with their sales numbers and profits per model, the coupe / sports cars that are just 2 doors are probably money losers. As such, why have an auto just for Auto Sake, The current V series already kick ass over the Germans and the money is made in the SUVs, so at this point in time, your grabbing at straws to justify the German brands which are past their prime as they are behind in EV technology and have lost their luxury shine even in performance to others. As they say, every dog has its day and they had theirs and now Cadillac is surging again to come back to the top dog position.

Yes, that hits the nail on the head of a debate we have been having at my work as many also feel while retro cool, the public says they want it but will not buy it as Humans are lazy. They want Cheap with all the trimmings and that will never happen. Kinda like this video of the true fact of Americans.

This is a very interesting take on an EV and gives me old 1970s SUV vibe.