• @[email protected]
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    341 year ago

    and then abruptly cut its price so it could quickly get rid of existing inventory.

    Why would anybody buy a new car that has no future of warranty or parts availability?

    • @[email protected]
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      261 year ago

      You can buy like 2-3 for the price of one. If you didn’t need to worry about software issues it would be a good purchase.

      If you’re looking for a good chassis and powertrain with no need for anything g else it might make sense.

    • AmbiguousProps
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      171 year ago

      If it’s cheap enough, someone will buy. I’m interested to know how it’ll work in this case though.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      They’ll get bought out by somebody. How that looks as far as warranties and such…who knows.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Someone will wait for them to go bankrupt first. Poach any staff they need, and leave the rest to unemployment.

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          Well, they’ll certainly get bought for pennies for sure. My guess is that someone will offer BEFORE the bankruptcy, because nobody wants the extra admin overhead and cost of dealing with a subsidiary in bankruptcy. That’s why the company is putting out PR in the first place. Kind of like a “Make an offer now before it gets worse” kind of thing to any interested parties.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            If you let them go bankrupt first then you can buy cheaper, and don’t need to let go of a bunch of surplus employees. I think it’ll be about the bottom line. I guess it all depends on the price and any likely competition for the purchase.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              You can buy for the same price regardless. The difference is having a newly acquired company in the courts.

              • @[email protected]
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                11 year ago

                If they’ve gone bankrupt and sold their office space and laid off their staff then it’s definitely not going to cost the same.

    • IWantToFuckSpez
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      31 year ago

      some rich hobbyist engineer/mechanic might buy one for parts. So they can use the parts to convert a ICE car into an EV