The end of cool small cars

Re:The end of cool small cars by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:56AM (#37318935)

I think the real reason is it's very hard to make money on a small car.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by cookiengineer on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:42AM (#37319991)

I think the VW beetle would disagree. The Avtovaz Lada, too.

Opel Corsa, Mazda Familia, Fiat Uno, Trabant 601, Toyota Corolla, VW Golf, Renault Clio, Seat Ibiza...

All of those the best or second best selling models of their manufacturers.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by Paianni on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:01AM (#37320167)

Most of those are B and C-segment cars, which are holding up ok in Europe. The real collapse has been choice and availability in the A-segment. The Fiat New 500 might be the last new offering for a while.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @05:17PM (#37329282)

The fact they are best selling in the range doesn’t mean they are profitable.

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Re:The end of cool small cars by etempleton on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @06:52AM (#37320086)

To make money on a small car you have to sell volume and small cars don’t sell volume in the US compared to bigger vehicles. The top three selling vehicles every year, by a large margin, are Ford F150, Chevy Silverado, and Dodge Ram.

If the big high margin vehicles sell in volume there is little incentive to create small low margin, low volume cars.

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