Yeah but the US isn’t all that matters. For reference VW group is the largest automaker in the world, so the comment “no one is buying their cars” is very short sighted.
Parts are expensive since everything needs to be imported. This has been true long before Trump started messing with tariffs. Parts are way easier to get and cheaper in the EU.
Toyota is popular here for the opposite reason: parts are inexpensive and easy to find. They’re also imported, but they’ve done a much better job figuring out their supply chain.
Porsche is also VW
Maybe by ownership, but they target a very different demographic and thus are designed very differently.
Hyundai is also losing profits
Hyundai is a lot more popular here than VW. Why? They’re cheap and reasonably reliable. VW isn’t as reliable.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Stupid comment, since VW group is by far the most sold in EU.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Lemmy moment
Nima@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
In EU they sell well. not in the US, however.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yeah but the US isn’t all that matters. For reference VW group is the largest automaker in the world, so the comment “no one is buying their cars” is very short sighted.
Nima@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
i don’t think its really all that big a deal. nobody said the US is all that matters. guy just said nobody is buying their cars.
which to him is true. but its been corrected.
this is just a conversation.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
🤣🤣🤣
I wonder why that may be. but incidentally Porsche was the most profitable brand in USA before Trumps stupid tariffs, and Porsche is also VW.
USA can go fuck themselves, they are making themselves irrelevant. Hyundai is also losing profits in USA despite investments:
reuters.com/…/hyundai-motor-warns-bigger-hit-us-t…
Hyundai will be fucked over too, it’s just a matter of time. VW decided to scale back in USA, instead of fighting the windmills.
Nima@leminal.space 4 weeks ago
i don’t know anything about it. i just looked up VW and looked to see what countries sales were good and bad.
“USA can go fuck themselves, they are making themselves irrelevant.”
i did not want to get into a political shit fight, man. i did a DDG search about sales for a car manufacturer. thats all I did.
take it fucking easy, damn. =(
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Parts are expensive since everything needs to be imported. This has been true long before Trump started messing with tariffs. Parts are way easier to get and cheaper in the EU.
Toyota is popular here for the opposite reason: parts are inexpensive and easy to find. They’re also imported, but they’ve done a much better job figuring out their supply chain.
Maybe by ownership, but they target a very different demographic and thus are designed very differently.
Hyundai is a lot more popular here than VW. Why? They’re cheap and reasonably reliable. VW isn’t as reliable.