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.
Yep this is the answer. The car this lady wants already exists on the market for $20k, and it's a 5 year old Toyota with 60k miles or so. That car will easily run another 100k miles, and it's basically impossible for a manufacturer to profitably build a new car that can compete at that price point.
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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.