Let's pay in advance here: American cars have not been cheap for a long time. The average price of a new car in the US is Nearly $ 50,000Increasing about $ 5,000 from two decades ago, even adjusted by inflation. Reasons are diverse: the car has received more complicated“And expensive to produce, cavid-19 epidemic global automatic supply chain No picture, and Detroit car manufacturers Place the brake on the passenger car is relatively more affordable Over the past decade, supporting trucks and SUVs has been more profitable (and more as required).
But the automatic tax is applied by Trump administration this week—And another set of tariffs is placed in stone next monthExperts said that it was effective to put shares in an affordable car of the US, by increasing thousands of dollars.
Among the largest losers may be the most sensitive buyers of the country, with a higher label price means waiting for trading in their old cars. The moves can also put pressure on the automatic markets used, because new car buyers have helped increase demand.
At the end of March, 27 US cars have an average trading price of less than $ 30,000, according to data collected by car COX; Seven of them were stopped and only sold the remaining cars. About half of the remaining models will be subject to tariffs because they are gathered outside the United States. Applying an additional $ 6,000 or longer for each price of those cars, what the company estimates that the tax rate will cost each car and only five: Hyundai locations, Kia Soul, Nissan Sentra, Chevrolet Trax and Nissan Versa (being stopped operating this year).
The victim may include the famous Hyundai Kona (made in Korea), the least expensive SUV of Jeep, compass (Mexico) and Ford Maverick Truck (Mexico) model. General Motors' had a shot last year with Chevrolet Trax, starting $ 21,000. But the car is assembled in Korea and therefore may be more expensive.
The calculations will become more complicated next month, when the Trump administration says it will start applying tariffs to The automatic parts have imported. Even affordable price models are gathered in the United States, such as Subaru Crosstrek, made at Indiana or Honda Civic, built in Ohio, content with content from outside the United States.
Some affordable models can disappear completely, Erin Keat, an analyst operated at the car cox. American consumers, we like our big, customized, special and cheap things, she said. “It will be difficult to manage.” The days of the car $ 20,000 all but moreAnd the days of $ 30,000 can also be.
Buyers may be on the verge of an accident course, which is not a place where car manufacturers are based on their headquarters, Toy Toyota and Honda, Japan; Volkswagen and Audi, Germany, but where they made individual cars. It can make the hunters bargain, for example, the Toyota Corolla worth $ 23,000 was built in Mississippi, that Volkswagen ID.4 worth $ 45,000 was made from Tennessee, and the $ 25,000 Honda Civic is combined together in Indiana.