If they stop putting the most expensive, latest technology into new cars and go back to simpler machines at lower cost sales would skyrocket.
But I guess that doesn’t help fund union benefits and pension plans.
Unions are killing the car industry. I refuse to pay $30K+ for any new car, I won’t do it. The last new vehicle I bought was a loaded Mazda MPV for my wife in 2003 and I paid $21K for it and we drove it a dozen years, 190K miles on it and we traded for a used vehicle.
When you hit that $20-$22K mark you are pricing yourself out of my range even for a used car. It gets me to work and home. If it has XM fine if not fine. Nor do I care about navigation and all that other crap. I want auto transmission, power windows, a cold AC, cruise control and a decent AM/FM radio.
I currently am running four vehicles, all bought used, three with 100K+ miles and one with 40K miles. I expect three of the four to go another 100k+ miles. One is closing in on 200K, if I can get another 100K out of it I will be in high cotton. It’s a 13 Nissan Murano and I am hoping the tranny holds out, so far no issues.