That is good logic to carry on with life as before because this too shall pass.

Being 67 my NEED to buy stuff is very low so I just have to manage my WANTS.

I know things like this could be a real impact on the company planning to purchase 50 new service trucks or put up a 100,000 sq ft steel warehouse.

There are a lot of used trucks that works out well for some of us especially if they are for optional trucks.

In the How Many Miles do you have on your F150 type threads we see some getting like 300K-400K even today. That are short term unknowns about future prices today but we know life will sort things out and we will keep driving trucks for a long long time.

 

If the 25% tariff on imported light trucks were to be removed, for whatever reason, the price of a Tundra, etc. could drop by 25%. I believe that would negatively impact American truck sales.

 

I think Toyota gets around the tariff by building the trucks here. I think the tariffs only apply if you ship the vehicle here.

 

The tundra and most tacomas are built in the us, with the rest being built in Mexico.

The chicken tax has kept world trucks (several midsize pickups and a ton of vans) from being imported and stifled even us headquartered companies. Ford actually ships transits with cheap as hell but compliant rear seats and has a local importer tear it out and convert it back to the intended cargo van configuration because it's cheaper than paying the tax. It's a global market, companies can't build the same vehicle on multiple continents just to avoid some decadesd old taxes.

 

Well, OP. you did well by purchasing now.

Auto prices are scheduled to jump $3,000 to $5,000 on average, as things stand now. It is not going to be pretty. That is partially why Ford stock closed at $9.89 today, and heading south. Oh well, a buying opportunity, I guess.

Google tariffs increase us car prices, and you will understand how bad it could get.

https://www.google.com/search?q=tari...nt=firefox-b-1