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[SanAndreasX]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

To my fellow Americans, a Truck or SUV is a car. I drive a 20-year-old Toyota Corolla because it runs great and is cheap to insure. Meanwhile, people tell me all the time that "the average car payment according to AAA is $600." And then every goddamn time, I have to point out that AAA is using F150's and SUVs in their "car payment" average. They are also using payments of people who sold their old vehicle before paying it off. So many people in the USA are paying for both their new car and their old car that they sold. 

So many people want to bitch about the price of videogames or some other tech, yet they light money on fire all the time.

I get that, but what other vehicles for personal use are the US producing that aren't trucks or SUVs? That was my main question.

Pretty much none. Ford discontinued the Fiesta, Focus, and all of their other small and mid-sized cars. The only regular car they still make is the Mustang, which is a muscle car rather than a family sedan. GM likewise discontinued the Malibu, which was their basic midsized car. They all focus on SUVs and trucks. 

The sedan market in the US pretty much belongs to Asian models like the Toyota Camry and the Honda Civic. However, even Asian companies are dropping subcompact cars. The last remaining subcompact in the U.S. will be the Nissan Versa. Mitsubishi discontinued the other last remaining subcompact, the Mirage, last year. They enjoyed a surge in popularity when the Second Gulf War during Dubya's term spiked gas prices to the moon. However, part of this is because the gas mileage and price of a subcompact weren't significantly better than larger car sizes to justify the lack of interior space. I own a Toyota Tacoma, Toyota's mid-size truck entry, and it gets gas mileage as good as smaller cars did 20 years ago.  However, up until I bought it, I bought compact cars. My first new car was a Toyota Echo, and I actually own a Mitsubishi Mirage, which has been a solid car. 

Last edited by SanAndreasX - on 10 April 2025