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/SvartrKukkSceand 9h ago

If they were affordable, then more regular folks would be buying them and they would be buying the base models too.

History just does not agree with you.

Even when cars like that were avilable (Geo Metros, Ford Fiestas) they never sold well. Ever.

Americans just do NOT like small bare bones cars.

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u/madogvelkor 5h ago

And people who bought them got judged as being poor.