Posted on 11/14/2019 2:09:46 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
I’m so in the market for a midsize truck. I’ve owned several Rangers, an S10, and 2 Frontiers.
I almost pulled the trigger on a 2019 Frontier this year. Even though it is 98% the same as the 2006 Frontier I had.
Would I buy a new Ford Ranger? Hell no. A new Jeep Gladiator? DOUBLE HELL NO.
Maybe a Tacoma. But the good old Frontier - unchanged for 15 years is the best bargain today.
Unless of course the less expensive and far better trucks sold in Europe, China, South America and Asia were available here in the States. But they’re not.
We are so screwed.
Thanks to over regulation, cars are becoming unaffordable, as planned.
I refer you to my tagline...
I’m reading about the current crop of Great Wall trucks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_Wingle
The Wingle 7 was introduced in September 2018. The Wingle 7 is available with the 4D20 diesel engine paired to a 6 speed manual gearbox. Pricing is between 95,800 and 117,800 yuan (13,930 to 17,120 USD) with 8 trim levels. [11]
As they say... Shut up and Take My Money!
As much as we hate all things Chinese I think the best deal for a durable work truck anywhere on Earth is Foton Tunland. That’s essentially a one-ton Toyota Hilux clone but it has heavy-duty everything installed for every sensitive part. The engine in Cummins 2.8 commercial turbodiesel, transmission is Getrag and BorgWarner, axle is Dana 44. It would outlive anything you metioned and cost half that much.
Yup. I don’t understand people who spend big money on new cars. My wife and I make well north of $200k a year. I drive a 18 year old Tacoma, she drives a 5 year old Camry. Both bought used. But to each their own I guess.
Financial institutions might not make a lot of money in subprime, but I would think a used car dealer would make a ton of money on subprime. Lease out a car, and when they don’t pay, repossess it and sell it to someone else the next day.
Drove 2008 “fishface” wingle for a couple of months. Not as fancy as WV Amarok but does the job. There are a lot of them with 200k+ miles on sale so I think they are somehow durable too.
I am curious what interest rates these people are paying. Because they are subprime the lenders are probably charging a lot more than the advertised APR for cars. I just wonder whether if these people had smaller payments to make more in line with the advertised APRs if they would make or be able to make the payments.
Sure, greed. But what about common sense, impulse control, ans a basic knowledge of finance?
ROFL!
BEST sarcasm in a while on here!
Good grief! How many cars make up $62 billion in worth?
They’re the same ones who sacrifice health care. They look like fat cats but are a paycheck away from crapping in the streets and living in tents.
After working overseas for the US military and others for 20 years, my credit score was reset to zero. You know what that means.
Only place that took me was a sub-prime lender with 39.96% interest. No choice. With no bus service it was either walk 10 miles each way in the Seattle winter or stay unemployed after I was replaced at Microsoft by an H1B Indian. (I was in walking distance to where I worked while at Microsoft)
Yeah most idiotic choice I made in my life, but no honest dealer would take me.
A fishface.
Yeah I can see why they call it that. That is one ugly truck.
Agreed. I've seen them too.
Maybe the strategy isn't to make money, but to actually crash something.
So, you are saying that lending someone $3,000 and them not paying it back is “neutral” to the company?
Because if you think that, you are incorrect.
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