> “We’re down 50% in leads. Everything’s off 40% to 50%. People just aren’t looking at cars right now,” Seavitt, who owns Village Ford in Dearborn, told the Detroit Free Press. “It reminds me of 2008 when the mortgage crisis hit. It’s looking like it’s the starting of a crisis. This whole uneasy feeling right now.”
> “I am concerned about manufacturing as a whole this year because people can’t afford to buy groceries, so people aren’t going to buy a $70,000 car,” said a local UAW leader. “I am telling my people to start saving their money. Dealers are down 50% on sales and inventory is stacking up. I think manufacturing as a whole this year will be down.”
Remember the same UAW that supports tariffs?
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Mattresses moved to direct-to-consumer years ago. Cars are overdue. No sympathy for middlemen dealerships. Convert to service centers.
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> “We’re down 50% in leads. Everything’s off 40% to 50%. People just aren’t looking at cars right now,” Seavitt, who owns Village Ford in Dearborn, told the Detroit Free Press. “It reminds me of 2008 when the mortgage crisis hit. It’s looking like it’s the starting of a crisis. This whole uneasy feeling right now.”
> “I am concerned about manufacturing as a whole this year because people can’t afford to buy groceries, so people aren’t going to buy a $70,000 car,” said a local UAW leader. “I am telling my people to start saving their money. Dealers are down 50% on sales and inventory is stacking up. I think manufacturing as a whole this year will be down.”
Remember the same UAW that supports tariffs?
Mattresses moved to direct-to-consumer years ago. Cars are overdue. No sympathy for middlemen dealerships. Convert to service centers.
Stovebros, stand back and stand by.