• Wooster@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    So I looked up the specs for the first 5K-ish India car I found.

    https://www.cardekho.com/maruti/alto-k10/specs

    As far as I can tell, it has every feature you’re saying is responsible for western automakers charging around 6 times the cost of this car… sans heated seats and purported safety standards.

    Chevy charges an additional $1K for the package that adds heated seats to their Bolt EV.

    So, am I to take you at face value that you’re inferring that safety concerns and standards are responsible for the remainder of the price gouging?

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      1 year ago

      You can get a golf kart with tye same accessories. Safety, reliability, and quality are a big part of the cost. So is profit.

      A 5k car is a golf cart with doors.