Russians switch to used cars as sanctions pummel auto sector

Reuters ^ | February 17, 2023 | Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Americans have been switching to used cars too.

[NorseViking]

Any comment on the substance of the topic?:)

[NorseViking]

Precisely.

[dfwgator]

Wonder how much a 1965 Lada goes for these days?

[wildcard_redneck]

Fortune
New Cars Are Unaffordable for Most Americans
Lisa Fu
June 27, 2017

New Cars Are Unaffordable for Most Americans
Twenty years ago, being able to afford a car and a mortgage didn't seem so remarkable. Many Baby Boomers still brag about putting themselves through college and buying their own car with just a part-time job. However, a median-income household today can only afford an average-priced new car in one of the 25 largest U.S. metropolitan areas according to a Bankrate.com report.

“Americans are having to overextend themselves to pay for a new car at today's prices,” said Bankrate.com Analyst Claes Bell in a statement.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cars-unaffordable-most-americans-040137777.html

[wildcard_redneck]

Familyop is a rabid propaganda poster.

[wildcard_redneck]

In America the communist "Democratic" Party has forced millions into homelessness. Here is a tent city in Washington DC. The Ukraine War is a distraction from the evil acts being done at home.

[NorseViking]

There was no Lada is 1965, but a 2000 one would be $2k, used to be $400 three years ago.

[dfwgator]

Maybe some old East German Trabants are available.

[Socon-Econ]

Americans are also being forced into used cars — and inferior electric “cars” — but our pain is self-inflicted.

[NorseViking]

It was never road legal is USSR.

[rottweiller_inc]

Not mentioned Biden’s attack on the pipeline is starting to reverberate through NATO

[NorseViking]

The situation resembles silence of the lambs to me.
Everybody informed understand who did it and shocked over it, but they aren’t trained to tell a thing.
Media is still making up idiotic stories of how the Russians did it themselves, and the regular European is not supposed the express conflicting opinion, just in case.

[rottweiller_inc]

Wow they don’t wanna deal with possible consequences which would be article 5, Not that I think that NATO would declare war on the United States if it was found that the us did attack the pipeline that was co owned by Germany, They might very well dissolve NATO or kicked the United States out of it

[NorseViking]

If Biden is going to take a dump in the street across Reichstag, the German media will spin it as an act of great respect.

[dennisw]

You own four automobiles. My guess is only two are insured at a time. Insurance is too damn high these days!

[rottweiller_inc]

They might but I think The inflation going on right now in Europe, Is going to cause the people to force the leaders to do something about it

[rellic]

pretty damn accurate.
Sometime I insure three, but two are the normal.

[Vision]

Well that’s it. The Russian people will surely rise up against Putin and stop the war now! /s

[familyop]

"Americans are also being forced into used cars — and inferior electric “cars” — but our pain is self-inflicted."

Yep. At least many of our fellow Americans can get some of the better new cars, so some of the used cars here will be better. Get your cars in good shape, and drive safely.

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