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Originally Posted by tjts1
The problem is every poverty spec car (thats what we're talking about here) has to compete with much nicer, much better equipped used cars. So unless you're a complete tool and incapable of dealing with not having a warranty, poverty spec cars will never sell in the US.
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Unless the poverty-spec car/truck also gets 40+ mpg. Then you bring in a
whole new market of greenies, penny-pinchers and long-commuters.
Case in point, back when I bought my first '98 Chevy Metro (circa 2002),
I paid $3400 for it w/51K miles. I could have bought a '93 Buick (loaded to the gills with options as Buicks tend to be) for about the same price, but I had a long commute, and the Buick didn't get 50+ mpg.