Charlie No-Hustle 2 hours ago Report Abuse
This isn't hard to predict, most of those cars are relatively cheap in price....GEN Y doesn't have much money yet to afford more expensive vehicles.
I am part of generation Y. Let me say on behalf of most of us: the cars are way too expensive. For those of us that dont have mommy and daddy buying us Mercedes, most of us go for cheap cars with good gas milage. I work for 7$ an hour, I pay rent, I pay college, and there are no good paying jobs for people with high degrees, let alone a college kid. I dont have extra money to pay for a $30,000 SUV and $120 a week for the gas to fill it up.
Everyone says get a loan on our cars. They try to convince us to take out a loan for a car. As we watch generation x swimming in the pools of debt that they put off their whole lifes till now, when it came back for them. Why should I take out a $30,000 loan? So we can be like our elders, that are still working to pay off all their debts? I dont want to flush my life down the debt drain. Make more jobs, pay better wages, and we will buy
So please dont blame us for not "investing in America" when America isnt investing in us.
Even a Ford Focus costs a lot of money, and it's not enough quality. Other companies are offering better incentives and better cars. You get the fun aspect of driving, plus you get safety, you get good value! Ford, GM, Chrysler need to come up with a fun car to drive that costs less than $18,000!
Looked at a new camaro the other day. Assembled in Canada, engine made in Mexico, transmission from France. What's Americian made about this?????
Then lower your friggin prices. God. Car assembly lines are mostly robotic anyways. 30k for a standard car? I can't pay for my freakin insurance and you want me to hand over 30k for a car? Yeah your living the dream... I sure am not.p
All cars are designed for an end-user. The problem with "domestically designed" vehicles is that they are designed for a core market of middle-aged, go-with-the-flow, high wage earners who have steadily increased their incomes over decades. They are generally in the market for bigger and better; they have assets and established credit as well. They also generally have faith in their own economy.
Gen Y'ers have very little faith in the American government and economy. We experience an anti-American dream in which we invest in our future through education and get out of school with large amounts of debt and few jobs waiting. We do not plan. We get by on what is here and now. We live paycheck to paycheck, pay our bills, own no property or major assets and simply cannot deal with anything that is not technologically ready for the future. Why? we cannot buy new things... We are too busy paying off a mortgage for an education we cannot use instead of a house. We cannot afford our car breaking down, and we cannot afford inconveniences to our here and now.
Price yourself out of the market suffer the consequences. If people can't get financing for your cars they aren't buying duh....Sit on your charter jets & leather chairs driving luxury cars with no idea what people want or can afford
Well I work at one of the busiest Airports in the USA. One evening we counted 100 cars in the premium parking lot. What we found was that over 75% of the cars parked by travelers were Asian and German Vehicles. American Consumers aren't the problem, the Big 3 are. They better wake up. Unfortunately, they too are trying to figure out how to build a cheaper car in China, and make their CEO's even richer. I think blaming consumers, no matter what generation they are from is pretty lame. While the Big 3 are looking to send jobs elsewhere, Toyota Nissan and Hyundai are bringing jobs here. Who's betraying who?
The boomers are complaining about our (gen y) buying habits, but it has become essential to our financial well being. They have sent our jobs over seas, and have made our overpriced educations worthless. If we do not buy what is affordable, we will fail financially. Eventually, the financial savvy Generation Y will bring our jobs back out of pure necessity, and straighten this country out. In the mean time, we have to navigate the financial gauntlet that the Boomers have left behind. Shut up and give us time... we'll save our asses!
After my wife's recent bad experiences with a GM product, she bought a new Kia Sorento for what she was paying for a used Saturn. Poor product and poor customer service equals no Gm for us ever again. And she is 38 so it has nothing to do with a generation thing.
Why would I buy a car from someone that files for bankruptcy every 5 years?
Honda Accord, assembled in USA with 80% US made parts, Ford Expedition Assembled in USA with 50% US made parts. I think I will buy American and buy a HONDA
Well, the reasoning is simple enough:
American manufacturers don't make cars that more-informed consumers demand. Young people these days actually factor in price/performance ratio when purchasing cars, rather than older folk who make more of their decisions based on "feeling" and national pride.
This is a global market, and if American manufacturers keep on producing subpar products compared to their competition, then consumers are going to gravitate towards the better products, no matter where they are made.