Could the republican trends of the collection owners explain why the prices on Mexico and Canada cars were interrupted?
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by Sam D. Smith
March 8, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
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- The rise in vans prices may have influenced the decision to suspend prices.
- Picking owners are twice as likely to identify that Republicans on Democrats.
- Analysts say that vehicles manufactured in Mexico or Canada could cost $ 7,000 more on average.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced that the rates related to the auto on Mexican and Canadian imports would be postponed until April. This is the second time that the American president has moved the goal posts, and the last change has one day came after having praised how the three major American car manufacturers were “excited” by the entrants of 25% samples.
Read: These 47 cars made in Canada and Mexico could see major price increases
The official explanation of the reason why the automotive rate can be launched on the road is that the same car manufacturers, namely Ford, Stellantis and GM, had requested the extension. “We spoke with the three major car dealerships. We are going to give an exemption of one month on all cars from the American-Mexican-Canadian agreement, “said White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt.
Why delay?
Although it is really not surprising that the American car manufacturers are not exactly delighted with the idea, since many of their models are made through the border, one of the main reasons why Trump may have sold a particular type of vehicle: microphones.
So says a report of Reuterssuggesting that the decision to suspend the prices can be directed by popular trucks to republican voters. According to a study by Edmunds, the landing owners are twice as likely to say that they are republicans as Democrats.
The collection factor
As it stands, a 25% price on vehicle imports would potentially see price increases for some of the most popular American trucks, including the Chevrolet Silverado and Silverado HD, GMC Sierra, Ford Maverick and RAM 2500, 3500, 4500 and 5500, all manufactured in Canada or Mexico. It is not only domos of domestic brand that would be receiving, because Toyota makes the Tacoma in Mexico.
Although the impact of the prices offered will vary largely from one manufacturer to another, the data suggests that an immediate impact for consumers would be an average price increase of $ 3,000, while vehicles manufactured in Mexico or Canada would see about $ 7,000 added.
Overview: prices are not only cars
It is not only the cars and trucks made above the border that would be impacted either, because practically no vehicle in the United States is entirely manufactured in local parts. Components such as engines, transmissions and various other crucial elements for cars made in the United States are often produced in neighboring countries. “A price on Mexico, in this particular case, or above Canada, will mean hundreds of millions of dollars as an impact” on the industry as a whole, “said the president of North America of the ZF transmission, Ramiro Gutierrez.
