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So instead we overregulate to the point where affordable car's can't exist furthering the divide between the rich and the poor. Wonderful.

• trhway 10y ago
  >So instead we overregulate to the point where affordable car's can't exist furthering the divide between the rich and the poor. affordable car doesn't have to be that big, luxury and that powerful. These years i'm driving Prius. Before that it was a large powerful RWD luxury sedan for many years. I've been enjoying both and both have been working fine for me.
• alphabettsy 10y ago
  What evidence do you have to make such a claim? These diesel vehicles were not truly "affordable" to start with, they are a very costly upgrade (> $4000) over the base engines. A truck that starts at over $37,000 and an SUV start at over $40,000. While these are obviously vehicles the average middle-income person might be able to afford, it's a far cry from the $27,000 starting price of the RAM and these aren't leaving the lot without being almost $10k more than the average new car. How about blaming the execs or the other people actually responsible. GM, BMW, MB, and Ford among others have been able sell diesel vehicles in the US without (afaik) cheating.
  • avn2109 10y ago
    >> "GM, BMW, MB, and Ford" GP here. My whole point is that ~everyone is cheating to various degrees, it's just that not everyone has been caught yet.
    • alphabettsy 10y ago
      Based on?
      • ch4s3 10y ago
        >If you've ever been near a major automaker's test engineering lab I think the op is claiming industry experience.