The Orange TACO’s tariffs are making cars more expensive, according to Louisville Business First:
The automotive sector plays a significant role in Louisville’s economy, thanks to two Ford Motor Co. plants in the city and the Dearborn, Michigan-based company’s recent announcement that it will invest $2 billion to build a new electric truck in Louisville.
Jodi Meade, a principal and director of the Automotive Properties Group at Avison Young, said the automotive industry is facing disruption from federal tariff policy, which could impact manufacturers and consumers in the coming months.
“What they have done in the last six months is absorb the tariff costs. It’s not a sustainable model for manufacturers that are losing a billion dollars a quarter,” Meade said. “Eventually, we will all be bearing the cost of the tariffs, which could be upwards of $5,000 or $6,000 on a vehicle — which is scary.”
Ford’s electric truck is the F-150 Lightning (seen above), but the tariffs are hitting all vehicle prices since the foreign country doesn’t pick up the cost, but the American consumer does.
So it’s particularly annoying to hear MAGAts talk about foreigners paying for things they’re not going to pay for. But at least there’s consistency in their stupidity, because everyone remembers how “Mexico paid for the wall” during the first circus of the incontinent, senile orange rodeo clown.

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