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The $25k car is going extinct?

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319 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 29 Jun 25 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.565s | source
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jccalhoun ◴[30 Jun 25 02:16 UTC] No.44418567[source]▶
in 2021 my beloved Honda Fit got totaled. I bought it new in 09 and only had 80K miles on it. They don't sell new ones in North America any more. So I bought a Kia Rio. They don't make those any more. I don't really like it but with the current chaos in the economy I'm not trading it in any time soon.

I was in the UK for the first time last month and was struck by how many hatchbacks and sedans they have that we don't in North America.

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1. tonyedgecombe ◴[30 Jun 25 05:57 UTC] No.44419900[source]▶
The UK is heading down the same path, the best selling car used to be the Ford Fiesta but it has been discontinued now. VW have dropped the Up. Skoda aren't replacing the current Fabia. The general trend is towards bigger SUV's.

The second hand market isn't great because we stopped making cars during Covid so there is a dearth of four/five year old models.

The only light at the end of the tunnel is EV's are now comparable to their ICE equivalents price wise.

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2. raesene9 ◴[30 Jun 25 06:42 UTC] No.44420191[source]▶
There's a load of really good deals on EVs at the moment from what I've seen, I'm guessing cars coming off corporate lease.

From https://www.cinch.co.uk/used-cars/electric-fuel-type?fromYea... there seems to be quite a lot of 2022+ EVs available for ~£10k with relatively low mileages.

So if you've got space for a home charger, those could be pretty good deals.

3. globular-toast ◴[30 Jun 25 06:52 UTC] No.44420268[source]▶
And it's even more ridiculous because we don't even have the space for these things. People driving round in these monstrosities, struggling down narrow lanes or into parking spaces. Is nobody able to see further than their nose? What are you going to do when everyone has one? I suppose demand bigger roads, more parking etc. And who's going to pay for that? A classic tragedy of the commons.