If U.S. President Donald Trump carries through on his threat to impose 25-percent tariffs on imports of a wide range of goods from Canada and Mexico, the price of an average new car could rise by $5,790, according to a new study.
Investment bank Benchmark Co. crunched the numbers, as reported by CNBC, and predicts the tariffs – if enforced – will boost the average new car price to $54,500.
This price represents a 12-percent increase from 2024’s average new car price in the United States. The tariffs would have their strongest effect on the automotive industry because of the size and extent of auto-sector trade between the three countries.
Benchmark found that 22 percent of the vehicles sold in the U.S. are produced in Canada or Mexico. For vehicles produced in American factories, 40 percent of the components come from one of the two neighboring nations. Mexico supplies almost triple the amount of both cars and vehicle components to the U.S.A. than does Canada in terms of dollar value.
Cody Acree, the analyst who provided the figures, remarked that the auto sector will be hardest hit by the potential tariffs because of the “sheer size of trade dollars, the complexity of the intertwined supply and manufacturing channel that has been cultivated over decades, and the sheer number of our companies that participate in support of this key consumer industry.”
The CEO of GM’s cross-town rival Ford, Jim Farley, said that “so far what we’re seeing is a lot of cost, and a lot of chaos” as a result of Trump’s policies. However, he also observed that “President Trump has talked a lot about making our U.S. auto industry stronger, bringing more production here, more innovation in the U.S.” Farley added that “if his administration can achieve that, it would be one of … the most signature accomplishments” of Trump’s second presidency.
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Trump slapped tariffs on Canada almost immediately on taking office. However, he then suspended tariffs on Mexico until March and gave Canada a 30-day grace period, raising the possibility that the tariffs will not actually go into effect but are intended to give the U.S. a stronger position in negotiations with its neighbors.
While GM produces many vehicles north and south of the border, including the Cadillac Optiq, Chevy BrightDrop, GMC Terrain, Chevy Blazer, Chevy Blazer EV, Chevy Equinox, Chevy Equinox EV and Chevy Silverado, GM CFO Paul Jacobson claims the automaker is ready with a mitigation plan in case the tariffs actually take effect.
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For USA people is still cheap… maybe in eggs or coffee is more
your not smart are you?
no, really, am not, me and wife do not have more than € 100 000 in our accounts, so we are not, unfrotunate we are people, because even had worked for 15 companies, and among this, GM, VW etc, they paid us a very low salary we could not be rich to buy a house, many cars and yachts like you in USA do.
be sure Bill Gates, Mark Zuckenberg, Elon Musk etc, really, those guys are really smarter, much more would say, no we are dumb, but this does not mean in a democracy of world internet we do not have our rights to write our ironies, commentaries are to comment, but it is ok if you put dislike as ever you want, i am free you are free
*you’re
Nice self own. LOL
If this comes to pass, just lower the prices to offset this.
How do they lower prices when tariffs make them more expensive to manufacture? Do people on this site ever actually think before they type?
Nearly everyone on this site is a boomer conservative, so no.
“There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party.” As a reformed conservative, it’s too easy to see how much those conservative values mean nothing in the face of what is a really a cult – the rules seem to be “reject anything not from the GOP and accept whatever they say.”
Okay Greta .
And “conservative” has simply become just a label for HATER. Pathetic state of affairs.
it would be interesting to see demographics for this site.
For all the Dems who voted for Trump – this is what you get.
Hey, I’m a boomer LIBERAL! Thank you very much. Cheetolini promised to make everything cheaper! What happened all you MAGA voters? Do you now realize you’ve been conned again?
not only did he promise to make things cheaper, he said within the first 24 hours. Just like he said that he would end the war in Ukraine in the first 24 hours!
You mean successful. Not a crying snowflake
I would say ….. NO
Trade was started to help reduce prices. You can’t have a strong economy without a low product price. If it’s to expensive to make something in your own country then you source it from somewhere else. If you hade to make TVs for instance in the USA the price of the TV would rise by 300%. Why ? Labor rates for one thing. Trump will raise the inflation rate massively in the U.S. just wait for it…….
It’s expensive to manufacturer in the USA because of unions. Do they really help the ‘working man’ when they cause everything to be more expensive?
Most states are non-union.
You sound like the perfect peon to carry the flag for wealthy.
Why don’t you come and work for me for $7.90 an hour in the roofing business? I can always save a buck, or two on my bottom line.
If that’s the case then why are Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia all forigen brands that build cars here WITHOUT UNIONS and their cars cost as much if not MORE then union made cars and trucks!? It’s absolutely ridiculous what gets added to a cars price besides the options there are transit and dealer fees, interest fees by banks, DMV fees. So a $30,000 car winds up costing almost $40,000.
The items were no more when they were made here. Take jeans for instance, why are they $50 a pair when being made in Mexico or China, where they pay a $1.00 an hour. Or Nike shoes, they pay the workers in China $54 a month to put their shoes together. They arent any cheaper being made there. Its called greed, profit margins, a cheap labor pool, no benefits, and child labor.
Maybe not have 15K profit margins on trucks and SUV’s, and cut EV’s to offset? There, MATH.
That said, this is CNBC. Aren’t they under a federal investigation for unreasonable bias?
Steve,
No that was Fox News. Rupert Murdoch, a billionaire and owner of Fox News publicly apologized for his stations perpetuating the lie that the election was stolen. Another lie perpetrated by Fox News that Dominion voting machines were rigged. Any news is good news when it comes to the bank account of a news agencies owner. That’s what Rupert Murdoch thought. It cost him plenty. Over a billion dollars . That’s okay, he’s got it.
There is no such law, unreasonable bias. That is silly.
It makes me laugh when I hear people talk about how much money General Motors makes on individual vehicles or models. General Motors does not report what it makes on individual vehicles. General Motors only reports on average prophets on all combined vehicle sold. A simple arithmetic equation.
The article says this amount of 5000$ was reported by CNBC. A known left leaning company who is also known to defame and be sued by moderates and center right individuals.
This I don’t believe prices will rise 5K, and if they do, the margins are enough to support it easily if they cut waste like the Hummer EV program.
They all blindly follow Dear Leader’s stupidity without question. It’s why Trump loves the uneducated.
Who lowers the price!? The cost of tarrifs are 100% passed into the American consumer.
Biden didn’t seem concerned when he built upon the tariffs himself. But hey the left does it it means prices don’t go up so we’re good then.
Also, it would lead to manufacturing returning to the US, which would lead to long-term reduced prices. There’s more to it than the caption.
If manufacturing were cheaper in the US, it would not have moved elsewhere in the first place. Blame the UAW for US, car makers building in Mexico.
Did the UAW move the majority of all US manufacturing overseas?
Crazy that my TV and iPhone are made in China because of the UAW.
Don’t you read? Cars have relocated because of the UAW!!
TVs and other stuff because China pays for a week what we have to pay for a days work. UNIONS in general got to greedy and killed their own nobs.
I guess I have to spell out when I’m being sarcastic. Manufacturing for every industry was moved overseas. Blaming the UAW or unions as a result is what I’m calling out because that is clearly not the cause.
I agree, the UAW have held the automakers hostage for decades by striking hot, in demand products during contact negotiations. This has pushed their wages to upper middle class with full benefits. The UAW is what will drive the US automakers into another bankruptcy. And that is why Wall Street has priced the automakers profits to earnings PE so low.
Then why arent the cars cheaper? The average manufacturing job in Mexico pays $3.29 an hour. Its the corporations making huge profit margin, exploiting cheap labor pools, no benefits and no regulations, in places like Mexico and China. Oh and Mary Barra CEO of GM making 32 million a year…
Yeah, that damn UAW. Negotiating living wages, pensions, health benefits and safe working conditions.
Not sure how building something in the US will lead to lower prices. If anything it will lead to more automation, so less jobs.
Ahh yes, that good ol automation argument we started back in the 1880’s how everyone was going to starve when harvester equipment put the farm laborer out on the street.
I’m afraid if you remotely believe that argument then I can’t trust you. I also am calling bull on everyone thinking AI will lead to the same result. They do know our grandparents were worried that computers would put the factory worker out of buisness, and yet the UAW is still here.
Steve,
I lived it. I saw many GM plants in the ’80s go from 10,000 employees to less than 2,000 employees in about a decade. All do to automation. I worked at one.
This is for all the misinformed people that think the overpaid union workers at GM are to blame for high vehicle prices, nothing could be further than the truth. GM reduced wages and benefits for new employees years ago. A newly hired production worker at GM makes a little over $16 an hour. Some fast food places pay better than that.
My dad once told me, if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
It would obviously disrupt the supply chain network to move all manufacturing back to the US. Disrupting this network would lead to increased production costs due to the need to establish new facilities, retrain workers, and source materials domestically, offsetting all of the potential savings. Even Ford is saying this.
@Joey B. Randon
While I am for as much manufacturing in the USA as possible, could you please advise with facts not opinions and Politics as to how the Automakers will produce the same volume as currently if a Factory takes Two years to be put up and about a year (give or take) to hit volume capacity.
That is about three years to hit maximum capacity so I am all ears on the Game Plan.
GM has about a million units of spare capacity in the US due to the underutilization of their plants.
For those of us old enough to remember, when the Big Three ruled for decades pre and post- WW2, it was great for our economy and the American middle class flourished. Foreign autos were far and few between. As they took foothold in the US during the 60s and 70s, the foreign manufactures engaged in protectionism. Sales of domestic vehicles abroad have been hamstrung ever since due to tariffs imposed by foreign governments. Reciprocity is overdue and in order. It’s just that simple.
Or. . . we could let the free market decide.
Let all the automakers make and sell their goods to whomever, wherever. The company that makes the product that best fits the quality, durability, and affordability metrics of the desired target audience, wins.
Seems pretty simple.
Tell that to the Germans, Japanese and all our other “allies”. Free market only works when it’s “free” not free for Nissan but not for Chevy.
As the article states, this would dramatically raise the prices of cars in addition to other goods, lower purchasing power, skyrocket inflation, and tip a recession. Please explain how this is a good thing.
CNBC is full of S#&+. It won’t come to pass.
The Big Three ruled because the few options were spread between the three automakers. As foreign automakers started selling different and more vehicles, the Big Three shares were diluted. The same thing can be seen with Tesla. Tesla sold many cars at high prices when it was the only game in town. Now, its growth has significantly slowed as others have entered the market.
Simple…far from it, tRump is going to ruin this country with his BS tariffs, he has convinced his MAGAt followers that tariffs are going to make the United States a lot of money, far from it since it is the consumer who pays them. He is going to lead this country into a recession, inflation will go crazy with his tariffs. Middle class people will no longer have the money to even think about buying a new vehicle. What has happened to the former GOP, they used to have decent policies, but no longer, they are members of the cult.
Truth. But, half of this country has zero interest in facts,
Demo&rats, am I right?
If that happens, he will blame Biden and Dems, and his minions will bobble their heads in agreement.
You hit the nail on the head. Trump is too stupid to understand tariffs drive up prices to consumers, result in reciprocal tariffs against US exports and aren’t paid by countries. I’ve read that Canada is looking to put 100% tariffs on Tesla’s. Can President Musk get Vice President Trump to finally understand the US won’t be the one paying those tariffs to Canada? Add in all the immigrants Trump is rounding up and shipping out who do agricultural, construction, hospitality hotel work, etc, and inflation is going to heat up big time. Crops will rot in the fields for what racist Trump calls the black jobs.
Hey Jimbo jumbo, i bet you’re a UAW screwdriver. Always complaining that you’re going to call the union and write a grievance because management overwork your job by adding a few more screws. Oh wait, you married the manager! Then in return she found out you’re nothing but a lazy fukn crybaby and divorced you’re ass! If you don’t follow the UAW’s rules then your black balled! Sadly, you we’re always back stabbing the ones who did they’re jobs, came to work everyday and wanted to build a quality vehicle. Then you would spread rumors in the UAW partnership office telling you’re bros n sistas lies about little Johnny is a racist. Come on Jumbo tell everyone how good the UAW was when you weren’t worth a fuk!
Harley Man, Wow, it sounds exactly if you are describing yourself.
Frank – I agree with a lot of what you said about that timeframe. One thing that is missing from your history lesson is what opened the door to foreign autos in terms of buyer appeal: The Big 3 foisting a lot of hot garbage on the market at the time.
Fast forward to today… And looking at issues that the Big 2.5 have today, have they really retained any lessons learned over the long run?
One thing missing from your history lesson is the “big 3” didn’t have crap as much as they were forced to change way to quickly (EV’s ring a bell anyone?) they had excellent pickups, land barge cars with better than Toyota reliability, but the oil embargo and failure of Jimmy Carter’s administration with inflation meant that Japanese cars currently being sold in Japan, and hadn’t changed for a decade fit the ticket. The problem with the 70’s car failures was the attempt to do a complete 180 turn in 6-12 months with no alternative other than bankruptcy.
Nah, not missing. Big Auto knew best and ignored the reality of what customers wanted back then. Fast forward… Big 2.5 did not take hybrids seriously. Toyota developed expertise and dominates this space today. Big 2.5 did not take EVs seriously. Tesla came in and forced everyone to pay attention with their first mover advantage. Now it’s a game of catch up. Everyone got the same government mandates at the same time. Big 3 responded with 140hp V8 barges. Foreign makers responded with fuel sipping econoboxes.
Man, I love how the Beta males on here have all the answers. How about we pump the breaks and let this man work! I trust he knows what he is talking about. He took millions and turned it into billions! Most kids who inherit money blow it, he didn’t! Think about that.
Half of the tariff talk is for negotiating purposes. You Beta’s need to get your head out of the clouds and stop watching CNN and MSNBC. It’s all fear mongering tactics that don’t work on free minded individuals. I for one, wake up every morning with a smile on my face and a sense of relaxation, compared to the past 4 years!
Also, no one is forcing any of you to buy a new vehicle. If prices rise, don’t buy, and they will be forced to lower the prices. The problem is Americans think they need everything RIGHT NOW and all the shiny new vehicles and technology. No wonder why we have a trillion dollars of credit card debt, and people who are $10k in negative equity in car loans. it’s complete and utter ignorance and lack of education!
Tariffs shouldn’t be a negotiating tactic for a country the size of the US. You negotiate. A trade deficit just means you buy more from a country than they buy from you, which makes a lot of sense for the US since we don’t manufacture a lot of goods.
Trump is trying to use tariffs to change the trade agreement he made with Mexico and Canada, which makes him seem like a child throwing a tantrum.
Well, tarrifs seam to have worked well with China, Canada, Japan, the EU and Taiwan, all who have employed tarrifs against the US for decades and gotten significant MFG moved from US to their shores. Also, FYI, half of those countries are not known for having cheap labor FYI.
I hope those boots are nice and tasty. Your use of “Beta” shows how much derision you have for people, a wonderful trait for someone so sold on snake oil they forget their fearless leader has filed bankruptcy 6 times. And new vehicles need bought by someone, they don’t have unlimited lifespans and also how else do you get used cars?
Calling names for people who not agree with you is one thing you learned well from your idol. His Co President made a statement that “most of the people do not understand what they voted for”. You seem to be one of them.
The older people commenting here, do not understand that the changes will affect their standard of living for the short term. They are dreaming about the good old times of their youth. They would not live long enough to reap the “benefits” of this turmoil.
@ Belo
I understand fully what I voted for!! 4 years under Trump was awesome! 4 years under Biden was a nightmare. The Democrats are running scared because the past 60 years they have lied to us. Look at the new JFK files information that are getting released. There are 2 shooters now, and for years you believed there wasn’t. The swamp is “worried” because Trump is finding and telling the American people about the lies! You will see the light and after these 4 years you will be forgiven and realize you were wrong. It’s ok…
TNTSIERRA, That President Kennedy was shot by more than one gunman is just becoming news to you now ?
I know who I’d like to see get it. Tomorrow wouldn’t be too soon.
“You have been played. This nation cannot exist as an island. But that is the path this administration is on and the onus is on responsible folks from all political spectrum to find common ground to stop this madness”.
TNTSIERRA,
If by this man, you mean Trump, we saw what he did in his first presidency.
Lie after lie, twice impeached, convicted felon.
Trump and Musk are now fleecing America, lining their pockets, and screwing over the people that supported him. Trump is a morally bankrupt, narcissistic, pathological liar.
Trump cares about no one but himself. He has been that way his entire life. Born and raised with a silver spoon in his mouth. Trump does not know what it’s like not to be rich. He does know how to rip people off, he’s been doing that his entire life. I feel sorry for all of you Trump believers.
As I feel sorry for you who continue to get lied to
Watch a podcast once in a while instead of the mainstream Media. PBD podcast or Joe Rogan. both have great view points and see that the government has been lying to us. Open you mind and heart and you shall see the light
Joe Rogan’s a nut job, just like Robert F Kennedy Jr. becoming the head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump hasn’t appointed one person that’s remotely qualified for any of the cabinet positions he is filling. The only qualification they need is to be loyal to the fuhrer.
Trump is perpetrating a scorched earth policy on America.
Joe Rogan was Aaron Rodgers Guru, worked out real well for him, didn’t it. God Bless America. We are going to need it.
Really? Joe Rogan? he has no credentials, no expertise, no requirement for verification or correction as there is in mainstream media, and most importantly, for those who believe “common sense” trumps all else, he often lacks this as well. And, he often allows gets with completely wacko ideas to speak without any requirement for sources or verification. Just watch his interview with Jordan Peterson about climate change. This man doesn’t even know the difference between weather and climate, and yet he was allowed to bloviate for an hour about climate change, spouting misinformation and out and out lies.
Took millions and made it into billions? Hardly, 6 times declared bankruptcy. But he has made millions selling his cult followers phony electronic trading cards, now crypto, but hurry and buy an overpriced Bible that is made in China….gosh you would think he would insist that they were printed in the good old USA, but that would mean a whole lot less profit. Perhaps he should do what he preaches. Now we learn that President Musk has somehow put a line in the State Department budget to purchase 400 million dollars’ worth of “Armored Teslas”. Once exposed the line item was suddenly changed to “armored EVs” how do you spell corruption. I find it funny that a so-called president that hates EV’s would even allow the State Department to even consider buying EVs, but who is really the President? Maybe Musk?
First of all, enough with the Mega “Beta Male” insults. Being a well rounded human male means being tough at times but also being intelligent and compassionate. And we need to be intelligent about this. Second, why are we picking on Canada especially? Canada has been as good a partner on trade as you can imagine. We have integrated our car making industries completely, to the benefit of both countries, encouraging the best from both countries. It seems to me in this case that just being an “Alpha Male” and a bully is counterproductive and needlessly harmful.
Sorry, I replied to the wrong post!
Intelligent??? I smell a beta.
Picking in Canada because their tarrifs on us in excess of 200% on select items and the moment we call their S$&# out they act like a child and throw a tantrum.
Being 100% honest, you can’t reason with a brat. You got to treat them like a snotty child (Trudeau) till they learn to act like adults. I dont call it bullying punching the bully who’s stoll the candy bar from your lunchbox the past 50 years. This should be simple, yet Trudeau want a fight, cause he’s a wuss and want to look big, just like a high school bully.
These tariffs are very important in order raise the revenue required to partially offset the tax cuts for the really rich. Priorities.
Trumps idea of making everything in the US is a good idea. But not practical the way he is going about it. Labor rats are why so many things are made in China. iPhones, and most other things electronics wise wouldn’t exist if we tried to make them here. You just wouldn’t be able to afford them. Free trade get you the products you want at a price most can afford. Thinking you can bring home all manufacturing will destroy the USA. Wake up people.
In 2018 due to threat of tarrifs, Apple priced out a factory in Milwaukee, so they think it can be done.
FYI, labor rates aren’t that good in China. They advertise 50¢/hr, but the factories also have to house, feed and transport their workers everywhere at grose inefficiency. Real costs probably run 15-20$/hr. Mexico is cheaper than China, but also has problems with this and way more corruption. We could build most things here again
Whom ever is writing these articles needs to make sure that COULD is not the same as will. Let wait and see what happens.
Paul Nowakowski, I am older I’ve seen how this plays out before. That’s why they call it a trade War. When a house is on fire I don’t need to stand and wait to see what will happen.
I really think you would be stupid enough to “stand and wait” your fire out to see what happens! So, if you momma hadn’t died of aids you would be an embarrassment to her.
Trump is playing games with these people. Nothing has been decided. 30 days from now, the entire picture may change. A dealer told me business has improved since people have been wanting to buy before prices go up. Is this how the insiders are tricking people to clear off the vast inventory of vehicles?
We live in a world of lies, face it! The next thing you know, Trump and the Government will stop Social Security Checks and Food Cards! Honest, I read this on the internet!!!!
Dennis,
Republicans despise entitlement programs. They also consider Social Security and Medicare to be entitlements. They would just as soon do away with both of them, but they are smart enough to know that would be political suicide for them.
I want an opt out. My father has paid into SS for 40yrs, and I want him to have it because, even though the gov. screwed him on it, he needs every dime coming his way. I’ve only paid 10 years into it, and I want to opt out and put it all into a 401K. The returns are better, and I’d likely get 40-120% better returns in a 401K. I think an opt out program is the way to go.
Steve,
Interesting. What you receive in Social Security is based on a lifetime of your earnings and how much you paid to Social Security. Every person has an expiration date. The government calculates that in. They figure If you start collecting at 62 yrs. old, you will receive less money per month, but collect for more years. If you start collecting at 72 yrs. old you will receive more money per month, for less years. This is based on the government’s projection of life expectancy. They have it down to a science. You get less for more years, or more for Less years. It generally works out about the same. There are exceptions. Some people live to 100 yrs. old. And some people die before they collect anything. Most people choose their wife as a surviving spouse. This will reduce your Social Security payment. Some people have to pay part of their social security to their ex-wife or wives. This will reduce their Social Security payment.
Before home computers Social Security would send you statements in the mail. Now you can go online to Social Security and see what your income was for every year, how much you have paid into Social Security, and what you are projected to receive from Social Security based on what age you retire. You can also look into your father’s Social Security, you will need his social security number to do that.
I don’t know why your father got ripped off. Maybe they have the wrong amounts on his yearly earnings, and what he has been paying in to Social Security. Or maybe your father received a lot of his income from under the counter jobs, where it was neither reported as income and no social security tax was paid in.
I hope this helps you. You can at least go online and check out your own Social Security account. I know retirement seems like a long time off for you. As you get older the years go by faster and faster. You will be retiring before you know it. Just remember to have fun as you go through life.
Endeavor to persevere,
John Z.
Let him do what we hired him for. You have to give him time to negotiate. $5700.00 is an inflated number created to try and make Trump look bad. If you say we have to build in another country to be competitive, think how that will affect your job. Plants move you’re flipping burgers for a whopper $15.00 an hour. That man was handed a total train wreck. He can’t clean it up in 25 days. Think outside the box!!!
I’m thinking outside the box, and I think 5700 is a conservative figure. Perhaps you want to buy a new Equinox that the list price is $40,000 (for example to make the math easier for the cult followers) now impose his 25% tariff, in my old math way of figuring it, that will add $10,000 to the price of that $40,000 dollar Equinox. Will all cultists pay $50,000 for a $40,000 Equinox?
Or GM can simply move Equinox production to one of several underutilized plants they have in the US
This is excellent for America and the DemoRats. MAGA!
A vote for Presidents Trump and Musk was a vote for a 4 year ruination of America so deal with it.
Exactly, dkaz, but the MAGAts will never understand.
Lmao,
Listen to everyone. All you have to do is look back 40-45 years and see were things we’re going to understand why we are where we are at now. Keep pointing your finger, that won’t solve anything !
Donald Trump hates the unions.
Trump doesn’t like to hire union workers because they have the power to make him pay the contractors and not just rip them off.
Not paying people that do work for Donald Trump is what he’s all about.
Prior to Trump’s first presidency he hired undocumented people on his construction sites. He also had undocumented people working as staff at Mar-a-Lago.
Morally bankrupt, narcissistic, pathological liar.
That’s OK, we just want those jobs back into our country. If the American GM customer has to spend a little extra for a couple of years during this recover effort, then so be it. Remember, it wasn’t the GM “customers” that got us in this fix; it was GM’s decision (along with politics) that sought cheaper labor for increased profit margins. I say, — America first!
40 year GM, UAW retiree.
Rochester Products Division of General Motors.
& Tonawanda Engine Plant.
Keep going strong GM.
God bless the UAW.
There would be no unions if it wasn’t for the abuse employees took from large greedy corporations. Threats, physical and mental abuse were commonplace by employers.
Everyone in America benefits from the unions.
Health and safety laws. 40 hour work weeks. Overtime pay. Paid holidays. The list goes on and on. And laws written to back these up. These were not gifts from corporations. These were things that honest hard-working people fought for. Union haters, hate to see you getting better pay and benefits. They suggest that people with good paying jobs should come down to their level to make things more affordable for them. I suggest they should live within their means and purchase things affordable to them. Better yet go out and get a better job.
I wonder if Trump is going to invite the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House, and put out another McDonald’s spread.
Trump is an international embarrassment. The whole world laughs at him.
You can see his dementia is progressing. His father died from Alzheimer’s disease.
He can’t go fast enough for me.
Yeah! Winning!!!!!
Toyota builds cars in USA, Honda Gold wing USA, Honda car USA. Why can they do it?
Build cars in the USA then! Really?
Doesn’t bother me, I wont be purchasing a GM product any longer since they are bent on EV’s and since they don’t provide Auto Android and Apple Car Play any longer… All deal breakers!
Bowling Green Kentucky. Corvette factory. Most parts made in USA of any car.
Touch Red,
That’s great, it would be nice that all vehicles had more domestic content.
42,934 that is the total number of all corvettes produced in 2024. According to GM that is a typical number of Corvettes manufactured. In the grand scheme of things that is a relatively low number of vehicles. It is keeping people in good jobs. There are 377 different labor unions in Kentucky. Who knew ?
“I don’t believe that American consumers will see any meaningful increase in the prices that they face,” – Janet Yellen 5/2024 when Biden added more tariffs to China.
The hypocrisy from the left shines brighter than the sun.
This, this is why as someone who grew up democrat, I gave up on the party. They spent all their energy lately blasting the other side for doing things and yet here they are doing the same. And ontop of that being more concerned with woke agendas than actually pretending to care about the working Americans. Its become so brazen they don’t even pretend anymore when their front runner stated she would have done nothing different than the old man she was meant to replace. And then they wonder, why they lost even the popular vote. But they will never learn. Orange man bad and thats that.
Well spoken!! Many Americans woke up and more shall follow!
Too bad so many people do not know their American history. The UAW and other unions around the U.S. were formed and flourished because the corporations during the late 1800s and early 1900s ripped off the workers on their pay as well as establishing horrendous working conditions. Do not blame the UAW or workers, blame the greedy corporations and the rich like Trump who does not care about the middle class.
As an Advanced Placement history teacher I know the facts and the fact that Trump was and is the worst president we have ever had. Even James Buchanan is laughing at the stupidity of Trump.
Go back and look at history for a real union hater, Henry Ford, and look at what Ford workers had to go through to get justice. As far as the ’70’s and ’80’s are concerned, you can lay blame on GM’s Roger Smith for the total crap that they were putting out the door at the time. We live in a global economy, and the cultist Republicans were once free trade advocates. Trump cannot change this fact. Being in a global economy, we once were a major goods supplier, think after WWII when most of the world economies were in ruin. We now have shifted from a goods supplier to a services supplier. We cannot make everything that we consume. Some jobs may return to the U.S. as labor rates and inefficient manufacturing practices in other parts of the world can be countered with automation and AI. However, we can not return to the past where we were the sole manufacturing concern in the world.
Why? Please support GM & Ford because they are both the only North American automobile companies-America & Canada. Chrysler owned by Stellantis is a Dutch conglomerate.
Finally, on April 2, Pres. Trump will be imposing tariffs on import automobiles by Toyota-Lexus, Honda-Acura, Nissan-Infiniti, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen, etc. That’s a lot of import automobile companies! It’s about time.
How much do the insane UAW contracts add to the price of automobiles ?
I own a 2018 Dodge Charger Daytona 392 and when you look inside of the internal quarter panels it shows made in Mexico, Canada and the US . Let me tell you, If other American autos are built like this Piece of S#@& , We are in a sad place building and accepting vehicles built out of country like this . This Dodge has spent so much time in the dealership while under warranty then any other vehicle I have ever owned. So if we can get are vehicles built ONLY in the USA, I’m for it, Because this multi country built vehicle with non US made parts is stupid and doesn’t work for me .