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Originally Posted by Mavus
ok yeah different question re perf cars for sure as to me perf includes reliability and durability
this whole question re 25% price increase on vehicles will never happen and is non sense cause it doesn’t work like that with supply chains … it will impact certain parts and suppliers and may increase the price by 1 or 2% for certain models. some of it will be absorbed by manuf and some by suppliers and some by consumers
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What you are saying may apply to individual items/parts shipped here for assembly. But, a finished vehicle from a country subject to tariffs will be assessed the full amount. Whether or not any business chooses to absorb the added cost is yet to be seen. Let's be clear, if BMW "eats" it, that means their investors eat it. Lost profits have repercussions.
In 2023 the U.S. imported almost $600 billion in goods from the EU. The point is to make it hurt, not for it to make no difference. Consumers are losers in trade wars.