American car buyer against Trump car tariffs

For two years, Jenny Dellard saved her stabilization to replace the car that was stolen from her home and found a few miles away.

I looked around the used auto agent in Virginia on Thursday, where she looked at the prices of stickers with a new concern: a comprehensive tariff for foreign cars and auto parts that experts warn of high prices in the United States. Right next week.

She said she wants to buy a car now, but: “I must wait for my money to improve.”

Mrs. Deld is among a large number of Americans who are preparing for the expected economic turmoil in the era of automatic definitions of President Donald Trump – an unprecedented American commercial policy maneuver.

“It took a long time to save the last car,” she said. “If the prices rise, it is clear that I will not buy anything that I cannot bear.”

“We will just have to wait and see.”

On Wednesday, Trump announced new import taxes of 25 % on cars and auto parts that enter the United States from abroad and which enter into force on April 2.

The fees on companies that import vehicles are expected to start on April 3, and taxes on the parts are scheduled to start in May or newer.

Trump and members of his administration have argued that the definitions would lead to “tremendous growth” and increase jobs in the United States.

But experts and automotive companies have warned from a fake point that the customs tariff can raise prices for American consumers, which doubles the stress of the slow economy already.

Mohamed Hosseini, the owner of the sale of used cars in Maryland, said he expected to transfer the costs of additional tariffs to the consumer.

“Prices in the wholesale market have already increased,” he told the BBC.

“It will get worse.”

Hosseini said that the car that will sell at 13,000 dollars (10,000 pounds) may rise to 14500 dollars (11200 pounds) due to the definitions. Consumers are expected to see an increase in prices in the three weeks to the next six.

The definitions of cars like Mr. Hosseini may force cars to raise prices.

“We still have all the bills to pay, mouths to feed and employees to pay,” he said.

In another auto agency, Robin Sloan was hoping to get a deal before the price increased.

She said she might have been waiting for the summer to go shopping, but “with the definitions, I decided to go out and look now.”

The Trump administration claimed that the definitions would make Americans buy American cars instead of foreigners.

“I don’t think I will buy a car made in the United States just for the definitions, I think I may wait a few years until things settled,” she said.

From car buyers to car dealers, the effects of definitions will be widespread, for the better or for the worse, the experts say.

In the United States, there are 908 cars per 1,000 people. About 92 % of families have a vehicle.

Car ownership is usually higher in the United States than they were in Europe, as investigative studies say, in part because in the absence of wide public transportation systems, many Americans have no choice in how they wander.

They are also more than just a means of transportation. As symbols for freedom and success, cars have a unique place in the national identity, starting from the display of the incisors to Janis Jublin sings “O Lord, will you not buy Mercedes -Benz.”

John Hitmann, a professor of Dietton University and car historian who loves, in his spare time, said his polishing in 1982 Mercedes SL, that the definitions will have an existential effect, as well as economic.

“The new cars are far from reaching a large number of Americans to start,” he told the BBC. He said, “Consumers will not benefit, and prices will rise,” especially among the most affordable vehicles in Korea, such as hyundais.

As enthusiastic about the old car, he said that the definitions have added a layer of uncertainty to its hobby.

“About 50 minutes ago, I received an e -mail from a UK resource, saying:” Don’t worry … they will not rise, most likely, “he said.

“We haven’t seen anything in writing yet.” This is what they said. “

Mr. Heitmann said that high -end imported vehicles, such as Audis, BMWS and Mercedes, will also increase in the price, although many of those who buy from such brands may be able to absorb its most stable price.

A 2024 Study of the American International Trade Committee A 25 % tariff has predicted that imports reduce almost 75 %, with the average prices of the United States increased by about 5 %.

The United States imported about eight million cars last year – which represents about 240 billion dollars (186 billion pounds) in trade and about half of the total sales.

Despite the efforts made by some of the car makers – including Ford and the Gres Motors – to discourage Trump from the age of a car tariff, the president is advancing.

Some car makers embrace the Trump tariff.

On Tuesday, Hyundai, the South Korean car brand, announced that it will invest $ 21 billion (16.3 billion pounds) in the United States by building a new steel factory in Louisiana.

Trump said this step is “a clear demonstration that considers the definitions to work strongly.”

But the definitions are likely to affect local cars as well. Car manufacturing in the United States has been dramatically manufactured with industries in Canada and Mexico for decades. The parts intersect with the borders several times before assembling, which means that even the American car as an American like a pick -up truck can see an increase in the price of stickers.

Ultimately, Trump’s tariff strategy will push the auto industry to an unknown area, leaving uncertainty hanging on consumers, merchants and car industries until they are swill on Wednesday.

“Everything emerges now, as you know, and it is also full of uncertainty, because no one knows exactly what kind of games that the Trump administration plays related to all these definitions,” said Mr. Hetmann.

Some, such as Mya Fountain-Bunch, just want to overcome the lock. She took her car to this week’s agent to avoid the need for an alternative after she hit the customs tariff.

((I) Ensure that my car is working and I hope that I will not have to buy another car in the next few years, or at least in the next four years until this administration ends. ”

Meying Wu contributed to this report.