I’m going to be so pissed if this happens before I am seriously in the market in a few months. I’m considering buying a new S3 now since I won’t have to worry about switching later if I lease. But I’m still looking for good Giulia deals.
I don’t know what American car I would even want to get
Waiting for BigBeard to join your discussion
p.s. while I share your sentiment, try to stay on cars
It won’t happen. I recently read a good observation of his policy - hit hard first, then pull back and get a minimal concession, then declare huge victory for the country.
well he just put more tariffs on EU and Canada, market down. thanks dump
I guess I should’ve added the sarcasm tag
Summon him from the Tesla thread!
I want to be entertained.
“Citing several unnamed U.S. and European diplomats, the weekly business magazine reported that Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron last month he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.”
Based on that from the article, it’s a long stretch thinking we aren’t going to see any more German cars on the road, especially with the huge market share they have in the US.
I agree keep politics off of the site except for the off-ramp which is a small area easily avoided if someone doesn’t want to read about stuff unrelated to leasing/cars.
As for banning german cars, BMW makes most of their X5s and X3s in South Carolina, even some for export. With The X series now being BMWs bread and butter in the states, stopping actual imports wont have much of an effect and I don’t think Lindsey Graham is going to support shutting the SC factory down.
On a different note, I am amazed at the political viewpoints of the forum. Most car websites have readership that is much more male and whiter than USA as a whole. Demographics say men and whites are are, on average, much more likely to be Pro-trump. Personally,
I am originally from a third-world country and it feels like home these days thanks to this idiot in chief…
A lot of us regular posters are also from more liberal states like New Jersey, California, and New York. That helps explain some of the huge difference. Based on the what do you do topic, many of us are in occupations that require a college education and as we know college educated voters are more likely to be Democrats nowadays
Not sure how you got the second part?
Introducing your new friendly neighborhood stinger plug 
Careful with CPO Teslas. Once you’re out of warranty, you are at the whim of Tesla dealers for parts and repairs. If you thought German cars were expensive to repair…
I based my statement on a friend who works in advertising but I can’t 100% prove it without access to C&Ds or Motortrends private analytics (they are by far the two biggest car magazines). However, C&D does put some demo info out which I linked to below. C&Ds info shows their readership is older, wealthier and much more likely to be married than the population as a whole. These are all characteristics consistent with white people (census and bureau of labor statistics info show that white people are older on average than population as a whole, are more likely to be married and wealthier than population on average)
I am painting in broad strokes but it is unlikely with the provided numbers that C&Ds readership isn’t whiter than the population as a whole.
http://www.caranddrivermediakit.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=4167974
so do you guys think I will still be able to get a 2018 model at the end of Q3 for normal price? I would think they would already be on lot already lol
yeah, just like China, EU, Mexico, Canada, tough stances, and they throw him a bone, YUUUUUUGE win for the U.S.
Yes, there are horror stories and goodwill stories about expensive repairs. Here is a goodwill one: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/teslas-goodwill.114900/
Jeez, everyone calm down.
The article quotes a German magazine as the sole basis for the story. The magazine itself quotes “several unnamed U.S. and European diplomats” as its source. Why don’t we talk about this when there’s actually something to talk about?
Even if this were to have happen, tariffs are - to put it mildly - very complicated, from a legal perspective. No one can slap a tariff on German cars overnight, short of declaring war - things just don’t work that simply.
Here is wsj for you
