As someone who has worked in US automotive manufacturing for a while... we literally all say this constantly. No one wants any of this crap in their car unless they are that out-of-touch-with-reality wealthy.
and yet the barebones models that exist dont sell.
Several of the "Japanese" makers that still offered 20k-ish base model cars with no options recently they all discontinued them because they accounted for not even a rounding error in sales.
No one wants them.
Someone would rather buy a used car with more options for the same price 99 times out of 100.
That's such a different reality than I see because I was trying to buy a Hyundai Ionic earlier this year. I could afford the base model, wanted an EV, but the only models available had a ton of add ons that increased the price by 5-10K.
That's such a different reality than I see because I was trying to buy a Hyundai Ionic earlier this year. I could afford the base model, wanted an EV, but the only models available had a ton of add ons that increased the price by 5-10K.
Tell the dealerships you want a bare bones no add one. They can order it. You don't have to buy what is on the lot.
I ended up finding a Tesla dealership error where I was essentially scamming the dealership out of 5K and got a 2023 Tesla for 22K so I ended up not pushing the Hyundai people too much. Original price wise I still would have gotten an Ionic though.
Nah I preferred ripping off Tesla. Much better story. The moment I realized the listing had the wrong VIN and I looked up the VIN and it was a newer car with 150K less miles, I realized it was meant to be.
The dealership tried to block the sale for like two months but I'd already put down the transport fee and reservation fee. They were like "oh we can waive all the fees and cancel the sale" and I was like "nah I got this VIN for this price and I have it in writing from you."
They were so mad they gave me the car with no license plate screws or windshield wiper fluid or front tow key.
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u/TheDevilsDominium 10h ago edited 9h ago
As someone who has worked in US automotive manufacturing for a while... we literally all say this constantly. No one wants any of this crap in their car unless they are that out-of-touch-with-reality wealthy.
Edit: fixed an added dash that didn't belong.