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Re:Plunging Pickup Truck Sales Threaten Detroit's Profit Engine by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @12:56PM (#39919872)
> Americans don't want to keep buying $80K pickup-trucks?

They're about ~30% more expensive when you don't have ZIRP and have ~7% interest instead.

So that's probably half of the plunge - the other half being people aren't getting stuffed to the brim with government handouts.

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Re:Plunging Pickup Truck Sales Threaten Detroit's Profit Engine by sandclock on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @03:18PM (#39921793)
What government handouts are you talking about? Stimulus ended years ago and food stamps can't go towards vehicle purchases.
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Re:Plunging Pickup Truck Sales Threaten Detroit's Profit Engine by onlyrealcuzzo on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @04:14PM (#39922488)
People didn't spend all their pandemic surplus government transfers until relatively recently...
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