Not a single American GM, Ford, or Chrysler car in my neighborhood

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stereotypes posted in another website that will offend everyone:

Ford, GMC, Chevy,Dodge: Americans, Rednecks, Blue Collar non rednecks, and boomers in a mid-life crisis.
Bmw & Jeep: Dicks
Lexus: Old folks
Mercedes: Hood rich or middle eastern kids
Audi: Same as mercedes, but a barely running shitboxes
Volvo: want luxury so much so they overlook the fact that it's Chinese car
Subaru: middle aged middle class, or Lesbians
Honda, Toyota, KIA: middle class
Hyundai: lower middle class, occasional doctor and lawyer who sees past badging.

Most people aren’t aware they are owned by Geeley.

[Anonymous]

A fair number of King Cab (or double cab) Ford F-150s are in my neighborhood. All are well maintained, not beat up. Millionaire Next Door types. Wealthy, but most here do not feel the need to impress anyone. One Ford Expedition (men in black type) also.

(We do have one family who drive leased BMWs and another family with leased Mercedes.)

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The Japanese are not a fan of their own Subarus. It's really an export item.

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A lot of Mercedes, BMW, Maserati, and we have the one Maybach in our "hood."

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Anonymous wrote:I notice that everyone in my McLean neighborhood drives either Porsche, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Jaguar, or Tesla. I do not see any GM, Ford, or Chrysler cars. This seems to be especially true with my Asian neighbors. Almost all of them drive Lexus LX580 or LS500. All of them had multiple bad experiences with American made cars, with the exception of Tesla. FWIW, I drive the Lexus NX300.

This is stupid and untrue. McLean loaded with Jeeps of all kinds and Broncos of all kinds. Also lots of pick up trucks in McLean as third or Fourth car.

+1 Plenty of Ford F150’s. I see GMs in McLean neighborhood, too.

+1 Equinox, Silverado, Encore, Malibu, Corvette, etc.

You are seeing Chevy Malibus in McLean????

Have you been to Mclean? 3/4 of it is actually a dump.

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Anonymous wrote:Then you must not have elementary aged kids, OP. I live in McLean, have 3 kids and every other person I know (myself included) has some version of the suburban or expedition (lots of navigators and Escalades). I think your data is not skewed toward a certain demographic.

DP. I have elementary aged kids and I know zero people with those cars. The families with three kids virtually all have Siennas.

Sounds like you live in an Asian/Indian enclave.

I worked for a car company, and we knew the demographics of vehicle buyers by zip code. It’s true that zip codes with heavy Asian/Indian populations have extremely low sales of new American-branded vehicles.

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The US car companies are shells of what they once were do to pathetic, insular management over a 50 year period.

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I would drive a new Escalade in a heartbeat. Even the car reviewers who are sort of anti-America cars admit the new Escalade is great.

All the big luxury SUVs with a v8 engine made by American car companies are really nice -- Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, GMC Yukon Denali, and Jeep Grand Wagoneer. It's a hyper competitive segment and outside of pickup trucks, it's their bread and butter, so they spend billions tweaking these rigs.

Frankly, I think there's something confident about driving an American SUV when you can afford a biggest Range Rover, Mercedes, or BMW SUV. And honestly, as an empty nester woman, I'd feel unsafe driving a Range Rover around. I think those sort of cars make you a target for a criminal to purse snatch you or follow you home.

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I was considering an Escalade but for a bit less money I got the Lexus LX... I felt the Lexus was a more reliable vehicle and had a better all-wheel-drive/4x4 capabilities.

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Ranger Rovers are entry level luxury. I would not be following you home. *eyeroll* Call me when you get a Bentayga.

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Anonymous wrote:I would drive a new Escalade in a heartbeat. Even the car reviewers who are sort of anti-America cars admit the new Escalade is great.

All the big luxury SUVs with a v8 engine made by American car companies are really nice -- Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, GMC Yukon Denali, and Jeep Grand Wagoneer. It's a hyper competitive segment and outside of pickup trucks, it's their bread and butter, so they spend billions tweaking these rigs.

Frankly, I think there's something confident about driving an American SUV when you can afford a biggest Range Rover, Mercedes, or BMW SUV. And honestly, as an empty nester woman, I'd feel unsafe driving a Range Rover around. I think those sort of cars make you a target for a criminal to purse snatch you or follow you home.

The Grand Wagoneer does not have a V8 in it anymore. Maybe next year. I test drove it and I think the engine cannot support that 4 ton SUV. It's going to give out in 3 years.

[Anonymous]

I think this really the fact that many foreign cars are now assembled almost entirely in the United States. There are cars that are made by Toyota that have more U.S. content than cars that are made by GM (since GM has moved many of its operations to Mexico). I think that the one area that the U.S. is lacking is high-end, luxury sedans and that is largely because Cadillac (which was the biggest high-end, luxury U.S.-made model) has fallen behind. Foreign brands tend to make their high-end, luxury models in their home countries. For a while, the electric cars (Tesla, Lucid, Rivian) were the high-end, luxury U.S.-made models, but I think that that has diminished as electric car models proliferate and the Tesla brand languishes (in part because of Elon's political activity angering his customer base and in part because Tesla seems like it is being out-competed by Chinese electric vehicle makers and getting districted by humanoid robots).

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Anonymous wrote:I think this really ignores the fact that many foreign cars are now assembled almost entirely in the United States. There are cars that are made by Toyota that have more U.S. content than cars that are made by GM (since GM has moved many of its operations to Mexico). I think that the one area that the U.S. is lacking is high-end, luxury sedans and that is largely because Cadillac (which was the biggest high-end, luxury U.S.-made model) has fallen behind. Foreign brands tend to make their high-end, luxury models in their home countries. For a while, the electric cars (Tesla, Lucid, Rivian) were the high-end, luxury U.S.-made models, but I think that that has diminished as electric car models proliferate and the Tesla brand languishes (in part because of Elon's political activity angering his customer base and in part because Tesla seems like it is being out-competed by Chinese electric vehicle makers and getting districted by humanoid robots).

On this point, see this index -- https://www.cars.com/american-made-index/

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Anonymous wrote:I would drive a new Escalade in a heartbeat. Even the car reviewers who are sort of anti-America cars admit the new Escalade is great.

All the big luxury SUVs with a v8 engine made by American car companies are really nice -- Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator, GMC Yukon Denali, and Jeep Grand Wagoneer. It's a hyper competitive segment and outside of pickup trucks, it's their bread and butter, so they spend billions tweaking these rigs.

Frankly, I think there's something confident about driving an American SUV when you can afford a biggest Range Rover, Mercedes, or BMW SUV. And honestly, as an empty nester woman, I'd feel unsafe driving a Range Rover around. I think those sort of cars make you a target for a criminal to purse snatch you or follow you home.

The Grand Wagoneer does not have a V8 in it anymore. Maybe next year. I test drove it and I think the engine cannot support that 4 ton SUV. It's going to give out in 3 years.

I would double-check all of these for V-8s, and not just American cars. Large SUVs are now being powered by lesser engines. See the engine in the new Land Cruiser, for instance.

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Anonymous wrote:"A fool and their money are soon parted" P.T. Barnum.

The richest person I ever knew personally drove a 30+ year old daily driver. They were worth probably more than anyone that's ever visited this site.

Poor and middle to lower upper income like to overspend on cars to try to flex.

My trust fund college friend drove a car so basic it didn't even have a heater. Now that is cheap.