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Featured New Prius; Would you Pay $3,000 More?

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by hill, Feb 15, 2017.

  1. hill

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    It's not set in stone - yet, but here's a chart, relating to proposed taxes - for manufacturers building mostly - or partly beyond US boarders:

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    This is accouring to Blumberg associates
    Your Car Could Cost Up to $17,000 More With the Proposed Border Tax - Bloomberg

    The irony imo is - Toyota built a nice new manufacturing plant here in the U.S. not too many years ago, that was suposedly going to be cranking out the Prius. But - with low gas prices & pickups reigning supreme here - the choice was made.

    So better buy now - or kiss the fed tax credit's helpfulness goodbye if you're looking at that shiny new Prius Prime. The difference your tax & tax credit will pretty much be a wash.

    unless Toyota chooses to retool for a few more models, that is.
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    Yes i will...and in Europe this is more than what ordinary Americans pay here...for import car's......

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    I don't believe the graph. It seems to indicate Tesla has 0% foreign content.
     
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    i would, but i suspect more mfgs will open u.s. plants, rather than lose market.
     
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    believe it or not, they're not building them in Calexico or other south of the border locations . Maybe rear view/side view mirrors? <5%? Even traction pack batteries from the gigafactory - battery production has been on the increase there ever since it opened several months ago & it continues to ramp up production. Curious why the nearly 100% US production notion seems so disturbing though. Normally how low the proposed taxes for GM's foreign made parts would be more of an eyebrow raiser to many.
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    most everything comes from all over the world, why the surprise?
     
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