$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating

Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by mattigames on Monday November 18, 2024 @10:28PM (#42179862)

I'm sure the advertisement done by those companies have nothing to do with them being seen as status symbols (and preferring bigger cars in general)

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by jimt1234 on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:06PM (#42180023)

It's also because the used car market in the US is strong.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by thephyber on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @01:49AM (#42180653)

Scion and Saturn were both recent entry level brands for major car manufacturers. Both of them were subsumed into their parent companies and most of their models were discontinued. If the models were good for business, those would have continued.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by fwip on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @04:29AM (#42181512)

Not being "good for business" doesn't mean customers don't want them.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by infecto on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:05AM (#42182968)

I believe the idea of compact cars being popular in America is more of a Hacker News trope. Over the years, we've repeatedly seen subcompact cars, both EV and ICE, enter the market only to fade away. The reality is that they aren't particularly popular—most Americans simply don't want them.

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by switch007 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @02:56AM (#42180947)

Exactly this. It's the marketing

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Re:$8k Suzuki from India Received a 5-Star Crash Test Rating by mlhpdx on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @03:28AM (#42181142)

The marketing that works on people who then buy cars?

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