r/SipsTea • • 10h ago

SMH Thoughts on this?

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u/freetotebag 10h ago

People say this, and I wish they could get one if they want it, but the sales figures don’t back it up. People buying new cars weren’t buying the base trims with no frills. The XLT outsells the XL on the F150, the EX-L outsells the LX on the CR-V. Even the Versa, which used to be the cheapest car, they started making fewer S trims because people didn’t buy them.

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u/ThiccFarter 10h ago

That's because people with less money aren't buying new cars. Because new cars are unaffordable. If they were affordable, then more regular folks would be buying them and they would be buying the base models too.

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u/CharlieLeDoof 8h ago

Nope. The same problem existed when cars cost half what they do now. Base model cars haven't sold since the 1990s.

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u/N3ptuneflyer 6h ago

Yeah everyone’s just acting like Americans aren’t consumeristic as fuck lmao. We want the bells and whistles, I’d rather buy an older car with all the features than a new car without any