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Originally Posted by BuckeyeROC
It's never made sense. It's like the Mustang Mach E. I think it's a car that a segment of the market really wants right now, but also, that segment has very little overlap with pony car enthusiasts that would look at a real Mustang. I still think calling the Mach E the Ford CR-eV or something that was close to the Honda CR-V (the segment the Mach E is actually trying to gain market share in) would have made way more sense.
Also, you have generic corporate types making decisions at these auto companies now. Where are the car enthusiasts? Everything in the pipeline coming soon is just generic corp trash, pushing out widgets with a subscription/lease business model they want to force on customers like the software industry.
Actually, thinking about it a bit more, I think the auto industry will find themselves much like Disney does now, to draw from a separate industry. For years, you had fans of certain IPs telling Disney that their products didn't make sense, quality was starting to drift, and people didn't want the corp feeling and more and more generic products they were putting out. Well, this year Disney is in both an economic and a PR nightmare. General audiences have now recognized what fans started seeing years ago and have closed their wallets. Had Disney changed course earlier, they wouldn't be having a year like this. The auto industry takes longer than even the movie industry to engineer, manufacture, and put out products. I think the auto industry's "2023-like Disney moment" is coming soon.
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I completely agree. Having said that, it's possible the suits have a better read on what the next generation wants than I do. Who knows.
I do know that the crap they're peddling will probably appeal to my two daughters, but all three of my sons think it's crap. Oldest son owns a V8 truck middle son owns an Ecoboost Mustang (I refused to buy him a V8, which was what he wanted) and youngest son is only 13, but loves my Camaro.