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bystrikethree ( 811449 ) writes:
While systems like these are nice in theory, this is going to add a significant cost to the price of a vehicle. ABS, Air Bags, Seat belts, they all add to the price of a car. A car is already unaffordable... which is fine if you did not build your entire society around driving a vehicle to get anywhere. The underclass will be VERY underclass soon.
byMobileTatsu-NJG ( 946591 ) writes:
ABS, Air Bags, Seat belts, they all add to the price of a car. A car is already unaffordable...
Prices are high cos people are paying them. General bellyaching over the cost of safety features is just a way to get you to accept that price and pay it, you likely heard about it from a PR agency hired by the Big Three.
The prices of cars follow ability to pay, not cost to manufacture.
byChris Mattern ( 191822 ) writes:
"The prices of cars follow ability to pay, not cost to manufacture."
That would be true if there was a monopoly on cars, which of course, there is not. Ford, GM, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, BMW, Volkswagen, Fiat-Chrysler, Daimler and more. None of them can sell for a large margin over manufacturing cost because they'd get undercut by the others.
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byChris Mattern ( 191822 ) writes:
Yes, the *dealers* have a sweet, legally-mandated monopoly. The manufacturers, not so much.
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