Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 01:10:00

RM>> Estimates seem to be if the tariffs go through they will add between
  >> $3000 and $12,000 to the cost of a new vehicle, average about $6000.

MP>Yeah, Trump seems real wishy-washy in that.  Maybe because the Dow went down
  >over 1300 points the first two days of this week.

MP>I meant that Canada, if they mean business, should start tariffing American
  >made autos.  There are a bunch of "red states" that make those, including
  >the states that went red just for this election.

I think they are targeting specific things from 'Red' States that will
cause the most annoyance/pain. Like Booze from Kentucky has pretty much
been removed from our shelves here.

As for autos, although Trump was talking about tariffs on them, part
of the problem is our auto industries are so interconnected. A lot of
parts from a single car may cross the border up to 8 times as they
are worked on by both sides which would greatly increase the impact
of generalized tariffs, plus both sides of the border are organized
that certain models are made here and others there and then we deal
those back and forth.

RM>> I suppose if we were smart we would just start buying just vehicles that
  >> we make in Canada to avoid the tariffs altogether. I'd have to check
  >> but obviously the variety of vehicles available that way would not be
  >> very wide, which would obviously be a problem. More likely a lot of
  >> people will put off buying new cars longer than usual in the hopes that
  >> once Trump is gone this crap will come to an end.

MP>Funny because supposedly, per those defending the tariffs, part of the
  >reasoning behind them was that we are importing too many "American" cars
  >from Canada.  ;)

Yes, as suggested above, we have been more partners than rivals so
there may be some truth to that but I seriously doubt that building
some of your cars in plants in Canada was simple charity to us..

The USA had also started building some car models in Mexico to save
money but you ended up limiting that due to quality issues which,
as mentioned earlier, is much less of a problem when they're built
in Canada and the USA..

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