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I think the real reason is it's very hard to make money on a small car.
by tonyedgecombe 3y ago
I think the real reason is it's very hard to make money on a small car.
- cookiengineer 3y agoI think the VW beetle would disagree. The Avtovaz Lada, too. Opel Corsa, Mazda Familia, Fiat Uno, Trabant 601, Toyota Corolla, VW Golf, Renault Clio, Seat Ibiza... All of those the best or second best selling models of their manufacturers.
- Paianni 3y agoMost of those are B and C-segment cars, which are holding up ok in Europe. The real collapse has been choice and availability in the A-segment. The Fiat New 500 might be the last new offering for a while.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoThe fact they are best selling in the range doesn’t mean they are profitable.
- etempleton 3y agoTo make money on a small car you have to sell volume and small cars don’t sell volume in the US compared to bigger vehicles. The top three selling vehicles every year, by a large margin, are Ford F150, Chevy Silverado, and Dodge Ram. If the big high margin vehicles sell in volume there is little incentive to create small low margin, low volume cars.