• CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Its not collusion. They just can compete against Japanese and South Korean brands in this segment so all the R&D money designing and building compact cars was going to waste. People would rather buy a Civic or Corolla than a Cruze or Focus.

    It’s no like they’re forcing people to buy bigger cars especially considering these brands already make up a minority of sales in the US.

    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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      3 months ago

      I’ll disagree, personally I’d have bought a Mondeo over a VAG wagon in a heartbeat if they still made them. I got talking to a salesman at my local dealership and the sentiment is basically “no-one really understands what they’re doing, they’ve stopped making all the cars that sold well”