Trade Wars and Tariffs

#431
#431
n_huffhines said:
Nah. He's just talking about what happens to this truck going forward, until Dodge can move operations back to the US (with some level of markup) or waits out this stupidity.
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He, the reporter?
 
#432
#432
Vol423 said:
Absolutely not, but some car dealerships will likely try to pull that BS. I saw some retailers do that back in Trump's first term when he enacted tariffs. They marked up prices on stuff already on their shelf on Day 1 the tariffs went into effect.
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I get that part. Money grabs are expected. But the prices hike isn't due to tariffs (yet).
 
#437
#437
McDad said:
That's a crappily worded tweet then. "This 80k truck didn't instantly become a 100k truck". It will be more expensive in the future. Not today.
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Pretty shocking stuff that TV reporters make false claims.
 
#438
#438
n_huffhines said:
He's talking about the coming effects of a 25% tariff on Mexican imports.
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Ahh, gotcha. Then Ram will collapse if they raise prices 25%, it’s an already inferior product compared to its competition which I believe are all made domestically. I’m talking about full size trucks Ford, Chevy/GMC.
 
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McDad said:
That's a crappily worded tweet then. "This 80k truck didn't instantly become a 100k truck". It will be more expensive in the future. Not today.
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and the tariff is not on MSRP as implied in this example. unclear what amount is value add from Canada. regardless tariffs at most would be set on cost to dealer rather than list price and there's probably 20K margin in that example.
 
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#443
hog88 said:
Ahh, gotcha. Then Ram will collapse if they raise prices 25%, it’s an already inferior product compared to its competition which I believe are all made domestically. I’m talking about full size trucks Ford, Chevy/GMC.
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I’d probably buy a Tundra before I bought a RAM. And I won’t buy a Tundra.
 
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#445
#445
Orangeburst said:
I think the US consumer has had it
Throw in EVs and the auto industry is in trouble
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I went looking for a new F-150. My F-250 is 13 years old this month. Still a fantastic truck and only 84k miles. After spending an hour with the salesman looking at the product and pricing I told him there is no way in hell I’d buy any of their current offerings. I simply don’t want them. Bid him a good day and drove off and haven’t had another thought about a new truck.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I went looking for a new F-150. My F-250 is 13 years old this month. Still a fantastic truck and only 84k miles. After spending an hour with the salesman looking at the product and pricing I told him there is no way in hell I’d buy any of their current offerings. I simply don’t want them. Bid him a good day and drove off and haven’t had another thought about a new truck.
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Smart man.
 
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#447
#447
$80k to $100k? Supply/demand much? When the $100k 2025 trucks are still sitting on dealer lots in 6 months they’ll quickly become $70k trucks. That are really more like $50k worthy.

Where is Toyota assembling their pickup trucks? They could be the biggest beneficiary.
 
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