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Why would I pay 2.5x for a worse product?
For Americans the difference is we won't be allowed to.import and register Mexican vehicles, even though many "American" autos are already made in Mexico.
Why do you say that? I'm not familiar with any import restrictions on LSVs from Mexico
If they start making vehicles that are competitive with the US auto industry they'll crack down on them. Especially trucks. The US has fucked with truck imports forever.
Jeff Bezos can suck a dick, but I'd love to be able to get one of these in Canada. Not a chance it would seem, and under the current rules, I won't even be able to import one.
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$10,000 seems unreasonably high for what you are getting.
It's unclear to me what kind of person would buy this over some different kind of a vehicle. As a novelty item yes but I mean for actual work use. The cargo carrying capacity seems to be somewhere between a hatchback and a station wagon yet it only seats 2, has lower range, the cargo space is uncovered and the footprint of it still remains compareable. Even if the tradeoff seems worth it I still don't understand why they wouldn't get a small van instead. Seems far superior vehicle in every aspect. Maybe there is an actual niche that this fits into that I'm just not seeing but to me it just seems what someone would design who actually haven't ever used a truck for work.
There are a lot of different types of work.
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