Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Imported Cars

Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Imported Cars​

Higher Prices and Potential Production Cuts Expected​

President Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all automobiles manufactured outside the United States, effective April 2. This marks a significant jump from the previous 2.5% rate and is part of his broader trade policy aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing.

Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Imported Cars

President Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all automobiles manufactured outside the United States, effective April 2. This marks a significant jump from the previous 2.5% rate and is part of his broader trade policy aimed at boosting domestic manufacturing.

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[TripleT]

Belvedere better come online quick.

 

[bill burke]

I’m 100% committed to these decisions and confident in our President. Sure it’s risky, burdensome and costly in the short run, but it is necessary to bring fairness and balance to global trade. Sure it’s a game of chess or chicken perhaps, but we all know who has the better hand, the best negotiating skills and the eventual goal will lead to American jobs and American prosperity.
I say, suck it up guys and be confident, the man in charge is the greatest leader of our generation and if he pulls this off, perhaps the best ever. 100% in on this.

 

[Robert4]

I’m 100% committed to these decisions and confident in our President. Sure it’s risky, burdensome and costly in the short run, but it is necessary to bring fairness and balance to global trade. Sure it’s a game of chess or chicken perhaps, but we all know who has the better hand, the best negotiating skills and the eventual goal will lead to American jobs and American prosperity.
I say, suck it up guys and be confident, the man in charge is the greatest leader of our generation and if he pulls this off, perhaps the best ever. 100% in on this.

Goofy guy works for is real hell

 

[MisterTrick]

all I am gonna say is if he wrecks the entire US auto industry, and Stellantis shutters Chrysler, Dodge if not all US operations will you still find a way to think this is a good idea if it means you get a chance to have a V8 again?

 

[Robert4]

all I am gonna say is if he wrecks the entire US auto industry, and Stellantis shutters Chrysler, Dodge if not all US operations will you still find a way to think this is a good idea if it means you get a chance to have a V8 again?

Bingo
He doesn't work for the US

 

[ipa0628]

I’m 100% committed to these decisions and confident in our President. Sure it’s risky, burdensome and costly in the short run, but it is necessary to bring fairness and balance to global trade. Sure it’s a game of chess or chicken perhaps, but we all know who has the better hand, the best negotiating skills and the eventual goal will lead to American jobs and American prosperity.
I say, suck it up guys and be confident, the man in charge is the greatest leader of our generation and if he pulls this off, perhaps the best ever. 100% in on this.

The self proclaimed stable genius is violating the new NAFTA agreement he signed in '18 that he said was so great. He thinks he can do what he wants whenever he wants without regard to any laws or regulations. Things flowed for years just fine. 2 months in office and we have nothing but chaos. Firing 1000's of government workers without any thought as to what is going to be affected or how many are needed to do a job is just stupidity. This is not how normal competencies downsize a workforce. Bankrupting a casino, that are licenses to print money, should tell you what a financial loser he is. He is destroying the government and now he is doing his best to destroy the auto industry.
When 1000's of autoworkers and employees of suppliers are laid off`, tell us again how great he is.
The $50,000 Charger or Pacifica will be 62,500. They will rot on the lots before anyone buys them and pays that increase.
I was going to order a new Ram and now I will not. I refuse to pay any of his idiotic tariffs. If suddenly I need a new truck, I will buy used, something I have never done.
I hope the automakers put a line item on the window stickers that says ' Trump Tariff'.
People complaining abojut the price of eggs will see that is nothing compared to what is coming from his idiotic actions.
We have 2 billionaire a******s causing millions to lose billions along with the 1000's of jobs lost because of all this turmoil.

 

[AlexB]

all I am gonna say is if he wrecks the entire US auto industry, and Stellantis shutters Chrysler, Dodge if not all US operations will you still find a way to think this is a good idea if it means you get a chance to have a V8 again?

This damage is deep into the supply chain.

 

[MotorMaven]

all I am gonna say is if he wrecks the entire US auto industry, and Stellantis shutters Chrysler, Dodge if not all US operations will you still find a way to think this is a good idea if it means you get a chance to have a V8 again?

Chrysler is a goner with this tariff. Dodge probably is too, given that most Dodge products are made outside the USA.

Turning around the two failed Mopar brands would require big investment and flexibility in production.

Trump has already made building a long term business plan impossible with his constant chaotic tariffs, so it isn’t worth the risk to try and revive the two brands. Just lump the Pacifica into the RAM brand and kill the Chrysler brand, and milk whatever sales Dodge ekes out until it becomes unprofitable and then kill it too.

Then downsize into a high margin Jeep and RAM business in the USA, close Auburn Hills, and focus on a global footprint that is less reliant on the US market.

 

[MisterTrick]

Chrysler is a goner with this tariff. Dodge probably is too, given that most Dodge products are made outside the USA.

Turning around the two failed Mopar brands would require big investment and flexibility in production.

Trump has already made building a long term business plan impossible with his constant chaotic tariffs, so it isn’t worth the risk to try and revive the two brands. Just lump the Pacifica into the RAM brand and kill the Chrysler brand, and milk whatever sales Dodge ekes out until it becomes unprofitable and then kill it too.

Then downsize into a high margin Jeep and RAM business in the USA, close Auburn Hills, and focus on a global footprint that is less reliant on the US market.

I think going back to Fiat buying Chrysler in the first place, splitting Ram away from Dodge was such a stupid move and they are left with only a couple options:

they put Ram back under the Dodge branding so it saves the marque, but it would also be an acknowledgement that it was dumb to do in the first place

they shut down Dodge (with the possible exception of the Charger only) and rebrand the Durango as a Ram and phase out the Hornet

it feels like the second option is more likely, the question is would they try to keep selling the Charger as a standalone? it is hard to make a case for it even with Gen 3 Hemis in the next couple years if they last that long, and I don't know if they think it would be worth the effort to make in the US

 

[AlexB]

I think going back to Fiat buying Chrysler in the first place, splitting Ram away from Dodge was such a stupid move and they are left with only a couple options:

they put Ram back under the Dodge branding so it saves the marque, but it would also be an acknowledgement that it was dumb to do in the first place

they shut down Dodge (with the possible exception of the Charger only) and rebrand the Durango as a Ram and phase out the Hornet

it feels like the second option is more likely, the question is would they try to keep selling the Charger as a standalone? it is hard to make a case for it even with Gen 3 Hemis in the next couple years if they last that long, and I don't know if they think it would be worth the effort to make in the US

Since Lee, Dodge Trucks have been separate franchise legally with Dealers. FIAT simply stop marketing as one brand by rebranding the Truck line as "RAM". and they believe it one of the best things they ever did.

 

[Robert4]

I’m 100% committed to these decisions and confident in our President. Sure it’s risky, burdensome and costly in the short run, but it is necessary to bring fairness and balance to global trade. Sure it’s a game of chess or chicken perhaps, but we all know who has the better hand, the best negotiating skills and the eventual goal will lead to American jobs and American prosperity.
I say, suck it up guys and be confident, the man in charge is the greatest leader of our generation and if he pulls this off, perhaps the best ever. 100% in on this. Irish Brain cancer

 

[scatpack_69]

The self proclaimed stable genius is violating the new NAFTA agreement he signed in '18 that he said was so great. He thinks he can do what he wants whenever he wants without regard to any laws or regulations. Things flowed for years just fine. 2 months in office and we have nothing but chaos. Firing 1000's of government workers without any thought as to what is going to be affected or how many are needed to do a job is just stupidity. This is not how normal competencies downsize a workforce. Bankrupting a casino, that are licenses to print money, should tell you what a financial loser he is. He is destroying the government and now he is doing his best to destroy the auto industry.
When 1000's of autoworkers and employees of suppliers are laid off`, tell us again how great he is.
The $50,000 Charger or Pacifica will be 62,500. They will rot on the lots before anyone buys them and pays that increase.
I was going to order a new Ram and now I will not. I refuse to pay any of his idiotic tariffs. If suddenly I need a new truck, I will buy used, something I have never done.
I hope the automakers put a line item on the window stickers that says ' Trump Tariff'.
People complaining abojut the price of eggs will see that is nothing compared to what is coming from his idiotic actions.
We have 2 billionaire a******s causing millions to lose billions along with the 1000's of jobs lost because of all this turmoil.

I see you left your intelligence somewhere. Go find it before replying again

 

[scatpack_69]

Bingo
He doesn't work for the US

Except, he literally DOES

 

[TripleT]

Belvedere better start putting coal in the boilers... Make it STLA Large Plant.....Dakota, Durago, Minivan, Chrysler cuv, and Charger can all be built there.

Mexico will blink STLA mids can come from there,

Windsor and Brampton can build for their own market similar to Winsor can make Canadian versions of everything including Jeeps.

Proud of Canada for wanting to be independent, good on them. Full support.

 

[ipa0628]

I see you left your intelligence somewhere. Go find it before replying again

Soon all you MAGA's will be paying tariffs on all his merchandise since its made in China.
The tariffs are absolutely stupid. He gets something in his head and then it is a 1 track so called mind.
Tell us how you don't mind paying an extra 10K for a new Ram or Charger. I'm sure we will all believe you.

 

[TripleT]

Since Lee, Dodge Trucks have been separate franchise legally with Dealers. FIAT simply stop marketing as one brand by rebranding the Truck line as "RAM". and they believe it one of the best things they ever did.

guys behind the scenes let me describe what happen. Last Days of the Satan PE group... They were desperately trying to unload the company. Magna was even in play, they wanted to do it all in one transaction. But no one wanted it as a whole except Fiat but not for what they wanted. So they broke the company up into parts that other OEMs were willing to buy. This is when RAM was broken up to be sold to Nissan. Fiat inherited it this way. There is no amount of google research is going to show this for the online experts, this was very high level stuff and the only reason some know this is if you were a critical supplier, like the company would not be able to continue making cars supplier. We were paid in cash at the time. And to transition production cleanly some suppliers had to know.

 

[vbondjr1]

I hate to speak on anything political, however with this I can't really ignore the political aspect of what is going on in the world. I agree that alot more things need to be brought back in house to the country. Our auto industry, farming, technology and communications are all things that should be taken care of here at home for several different reasons. I am Pro-America no matter which political party is in office because at the end of the day the concern shouldn't be popularity votes, it should be who has the country's best interest at heart. There are alot of things that never should have been exported from the country, this is true and our current president only has 4years to do whatever it is he's going to do. However, from my viewpoint as a citizen without understanding from their perspective, I tend to disagree with certain things, mainly things that cause rifts between nations. Especially our neighbors, Canada and Mexico. I'm all for reducing the fact that we lean on China and India so much and I think that we need to re-evaluate those situations, but we need to be closer to our neighbors and South America as well. The way things were gone about was the classic putting the cart before the horse. We needed to have things in place first so that when we did transition, it wouldn't have been such a sudden and abrupt "about face" so to speak. There are easily states in the US that could benefit from factories from the auto industry such as anywhere from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Yes, bring the American economy back but first make sure we have people and structures in place to do what is needed.

 

[Robert4]

I hate to speak on anything political, however with this I can't really ignore the political aspect of what is going on in the world. I agree that alot more things need to be brought back in house to the country. Our auto industry, farming, technology and communications are all things that should be taken care of here at home for several different reasons. I am Pro-America no matter which political party is in office because at the end of the day the concern shouldn't be popularity votes, it should be who has the country's best interest at heart. There are alot of things that never should have been exported from the country, this is true and our current president only has 4years to do whatever it is he's going to do. However, from my viewpoint as a citizen without understanding from their perspective, I tend to disagree with certain things, mainly things that cause rifts between nations. Especially our neighbors, Canada and Mexico. I'm all for reducing the fact that we lean on China and India so much and I think that we need to re-evaluate those situations, but we need to be closer to our neighbors and South America as well. The way things were gone about was the classic putting the cart before the horse. We needed to have things in place first so that when we did transition, it wouldn't have been such a sudden and abrupt "about face" so to speak. There are easily states in the US that could benefit from factories from the auto industry such as anywhere from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. Yes, bring the American economy back but first make sure we have people and structures in place to do what is needed.

Mexico is run by drug lords
Canada and Europe isn't

 

[cygnus]

Belvedere better start putting coal in the boilers... Make it STLA Large Plant.....Dakota, Durago, Minivan, Chrysler cuv, and Charger can all be built there.

Mexico will blink STLA mids can come from there,

Windsor and Brampton can build for their own market similar to Winsor can make Canadian versions of everything including Jeeps.

Proud of Canada for wanting to be independent, good on them. Full support.

No, bring the HD trucks home.