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Originally Posted by LogicalApex
Almost over? lol yeah I guess so if you see it from a perspective of the industry adapting to it as a new "normal" where decontenting is expected and long delays are typical. I mean from that vantage point I guess...
In reality... This will be with us for another 5-10 years. As I'm sure the current situation is impacting new car designs which will be decontented from the drawing board and we'll need some time for that rubber band to snap back and the industry both designs and builds properly again.
You'll see lower priced cars and trims become a lot more bare bones than they have been in the interim. I wouldn't be shocked if we see many cars, for instance, get stuff like roll up windows and etc in their refreshes.
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I respect a lot of your opinions, but this one I disagree with. Competition in auto manufacturing is fierce, as you well know. The current situation has nearly every manufacturer digging into ways to reduce their dependency on others and reduce overall risk. No way BMW is planning to decontent their future models. I believe they'll be more vigilent in choosing part/component suppliers as well as remodeling the JIT inventory method of building cars.