▲ 220 ▼ Chinese cars are pouring into Mexico — and the U.S. is worried - Autoblog (www.autoblog.com) submitted 2 years ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/world@lemmy.world 120 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago* (1 child) If they were barely a blip, they wouldn't have been bailed out for 17.4 50 billion dollars. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social -4 points 2 years ago Perhaps "barely a blip" wasn't the most accurate phrasing but they're not exactly crushing the competition. GM is at 16.5% while Toyota is #2 (14.4%), Ford #3 and Hyundai is #4. Stellantis isn't even a US company so I don't know why people still think of Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep as American brands. The whole market is pretty mixed and these tariffs on Chinese vehicles are protecting the market not US companies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-us-market-share-now-tops-volkswagen-subaru-and-bmw-161055575.html The bailouts were given to save US manufacturing jobs and all these companies besides Ford have fully paid back those loans. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social -4 points 2 years ago Perhaps "barely a blip" wasn't the most accurate phrasing but they're not exactly crushing the competition. GM is at 16.5% while Toyota is #2 (14.4%), Ford #3 and Hyundai is #4. Stellantis isn't even a US company so I don't know why people still think of Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep as American brands. The whole market is pretty mixed and these tariffs on Chinese vehicles are protecting the market not US companies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-us-market-share-now-tops-volkswagen-subaru-and-bmw-161055575.html The bailouts were given to save US manufacturing jobs and all these companies besides Ford have fully paid back those loans. permalink fedilink source parent
