How Trump’s erratic tariffs could crash his US car production goals
While levies may prompt some foreign carmakers to start scaling up US-based production, many see a market plagued by uncertainty and risk
Many Americans who came of age in the 1980s will remember when Honda Accords and Toyota Camrys became the preferred family vehicles, quietly replacing US models. When quality, reliability and price were factored in, patriotism was the only remaining reason to keep an American-made car on the driveway.
Two high-school friends and I each got well-worn hand-me-down cars when we started commuting to college. Dave got a Ford Fairmont estate car, which he called “the hearse”. Gary got a Buick Skylark that he dubbed “Uncle Charlie”, a term used to describe the kind of relative who gets inebriated at Thanksgiving dinner. I had a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, which I simply referred to as “the monstrosity”.
With the money we made from part-time retail jobs, we all bought Honda Civics when our American gas guzzlers died.