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How hard would it be for a company to start manufacturing small, barebones cars, compliant with safety and emissions, 4 seat, 4 door harchback and a 2 door vers
by dmbche 3y ago
How hard would it be for a company to start manufacturing small, barebones cars, compliant with safety and emissions, 4 seat, 4 door harchback and a 2 door version? Barebones meaning single/double din radio, hand crank windows, no cameras.
Oh and if I may, no CVT, and made for easy access to parts. Oh and a transmission fluid dipstick. Oooh and a cheaper manual version.
Selling something like that for..say 10k? Less maybe?
I guess it won't work since it's competing with the second hand market..but people would like a new car, feels more reliable.
Oh it'd be so nice.
Edit: Oh and put the oil filter UNDER the engine, so when you remove it the engine isn't covered in oil.
- erikw 3y agoA lot of Japanese Kei cars fit that description, and they are available in every big market except the United States. I like to daydream about an alternative universe in which Suzuki was still operating in the US.
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- Ingon 3y agoI believe US requires you to have a backup camera, so probably won't be void of one (and its screen). But I would love to see a relatively small hatchback with manual, reliable and bare bones.
- Xenoamorphous 3y agoI doubt there’s a market for that, or just an extremely niche ine. Whenever I see someone with a brand new car they’re usually boasting about the car features.
- dmbche 3y agoI know, the cars that I would like to see appear again (EG Civic, Tercels, etc) were all built at a time when there was an incentive to get people cars to reinvigorate the economy, so cheap gas sippers were a good call, and that's not the case today. It would just be bought by cheap car enthusiasts and people that are presently in the used market - although I can see people being interested to stop leasing and buying their own car. Anyway!
- thayne 3y agoMaybe if the price was competitive with used cars. The people such a car would be attractive to probably has a large intersection with people who usually buy used cars.
- Swizec 3y ago> Whenever I see someone with a brand new car they’re usually boasting about the car features You’ll notice people boast using similar words to what the marketing team uses. Ask any Catheram user what they like about their car and they’ll go on and on about how analog and barebones it is – a pure driving machine.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoThat's basically a smart car, except for the impossible price. They don't sell well.
- dzhiurgis 3y ago> people would like a new car, feels more reliable You are basically describing Tesla Model 2 - dirt cheap, pays itself in fuel savings in few years, super mass produced so parts are cheap as, millions of them on road so everyone knows how to fix them. And if you are complete luddite you can smash the screen, cameras and it will still run. Digital key card will be your only problem.
- dmbche 3y agoThey start at 30 k so they are out of the running instantly, and you can't work on your own car, and repairs cost a fortune. Can't even change your own tires if you get a flat! And living up north I'm uninterested in full evs, hybrids at best!
- dzhiurgis 3y agoIn NZ every 100kkm saves $15,400 NZD in fuel alone. Car pays itself thru it's lifetime. Likely twice if you calculate maintenance. (7L/100km2.5$/L=17.5 - 15kwh/100km0.14$/kwh=$2.1/100km = 15.4)