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Dissing car brands is console wars for boomers (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Things like "Fiat stands for "Fix It Again Tony"" etc.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Which they only did in the States. Nowhere else. Because they could. Because they have to be competitive with US manufacturers, who are all pulling the same shit

There's a good reason US-made cars don't sell well outside the US

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nope - US manufacturers are NOT pulling the same shit. Kia/Hyundai are the only brand in the US without immobilizers because they thought they could skimp there instead of a posher interior or more electro-gadgets. Only in the US because the law at that time didn’t require it, but other brands who also sell worldwide (where it is absolutely required) didn’t consider this an option. Kia/Hyundai clearly did. It was a stupid, stupid call and it should impact their reputation. If they skimp on something as elemental as security, where else have they skimped..?