• guacupado@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    If they can’t sell it, then they’ll lower prices and people will be able to buy them.

    I doubt the profits are so hard to come up with considering the wild CEO pay and record profits everyone’s bragging about.

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      2 years ago

      Yeah lol… Why curb supply to artificially keep prices high? Sounds like a antitrust issue.

  • trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com
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    2 years ago

    The car dealers need to be abolished. Not even an ICE vs EV argument, car dealers are fucking awful, they barely know shit and borderline scam their customers trying to up the price of everything and then ‘pretend haggle’ down to a ‘reasonable price’ that’s still probably 30k over msrp

  • BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com
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    2 years ago

    Dealers will cry about their inventory while refusing to budge on various “market adjustments”.

    Boo hoo. Be competitive and watch the inventory flow.

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      2 years ago

      I’ve been eyeing an Ioniq 5 for about 18 months now and just checked local pricing again and they haven’t budged an inch on pricing (even now with 2024 models being sold with 2023 models left on the lot) nor are they even carrying inventory outside of the most expensive trim packages of Limited AWD. I’m interested in range, so I’m wanting a Limited RWD but they aren’t being stocked.

      This article screams “I’m not doing my job and it’s all your fault!”

      • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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        2 years ago

        Issue is the dealership deals made with the auto manufacturers. Inventory on hand is often times (not including some of that bs that had dealerships marking stuff way over msrp) only set up to make the dealership a few thousand in profits.

        For any major price reductions that are really needed, the auto manufacturers would have to be giving the vehicles to the dealerships for less money.

        In other words, ford will have to drop prices for dealerships to drop prices.