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A group representing American automakers sent a letter (PDF) Thursday to congressional leaders asking for a “permanent ban” on Chinese-made cars in the U.S. John Bozzella, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation’s CEO and president, described in the letter China’s manufacturing industry as “rooted in a well-documented pattern of unfair trade, subsidies, intellectual property theft and surveillance.” Bozzella addressed his request to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) – urging them to back a “permanent ban on the sale, import and manufacture of Chinese connected vehicles,” before the 119th Congress concludes in January.
It’s more that American cars are that bad, or at least that they’re that expensive. New cars keep getting more expensive as the oligarchy realizes that they can soak people on financing.
They are also getting more expensive to repair and mechanics are quitting dealerships in droves because they don’t want to a) buy specialty tools to do b) repairs that are needlessly time consuming and c) happen way too frequently to e) be paid a fraction of the repair time.
So, yeah, if someone was selling cars as good as a 2000-era Honda at a 2000-era price, they’d destroy the American market.
Make it so. 2000-era Honda sounds amazing, actually. The market will bounce back, even if the current USA manufacturers die before it does. We can’t tiptoe to appease thr GMCs of the world.