That is why the Volkswagen Polo would not work in America. They are hard pressed to sell Golfs and Passats.

@halfemptyfox

3 ай бұрын

we haven't had the passat since 2018

@crimsonfoxx2997

3 ай бұрын

And the only golf's here are the GTI and R, the normal golf was discontinued here in Canada back in like 2019 or 2020 when the MK8 golf was released

This same situation is playing out in India too... and as a small car lover... I am disheartened too!

@princemehta1443

4 ай бұрын

Exactly bro same in India .. 😢 but it's also because of Indian buyer it's better to buy starting models of mid-big size suvs like safari, XUV, Scorpio n than these cross overs

@heyapradohere

4 ай бұрын

No one wants to even look at a baleno, maruti is pushing the GV, if you have money you need to buy Innova and ntng less. Every road in banglore is filled with creta or venu (essentially same car). And the worst, Kias, so many that people even buy and just keep it in front of their house. Small cars and better public transport is the way forward!

@yossarian6799

3 ай бұрын

It's worldwide. The _kei_ market in Japan is entirely tall, boxy, weird MPVs and elsewhere, the A-segment is all but gone, with the Honda Brio and Toyota Agya being two of the few left, and not sold outside of Southeast Asia. The Fiat Mobi is the only A-segment car left in Latin America and I suspect its days are numbered. The Renault Twingo and ageing Fiat Panda are about all that's left in Europe. Even the C-segment hatches and sedans are dwindling worldwide.

RIP Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris, two of the best subcompacts in the US. Wish I could buy one new, but looks like ill have to find a used one instead

As a small car lover, i'm sad and wondering what should i buy next... Let's hope that small cars will be back in America...

As an american, I could not find a subcompact under 10 grand (Used condition obviously). I didn't need a truck, just a small vehicle. but due to pricing, I now have an S10, which is very small for a truck, yet somehow more utilitarian than my father's E350 van. I simply don't understand where the market is going, but i am going to blame soccermoms for buying up all those ford explorers, lol. Nothing against the explorer though, just too big a car for my needs.

@bloxyraven

4 ай бұрын

Cool! I was gifted a 1997 chevy s10 extended cab by my dad, and it's such a great little truck :) I honestly feel insanely lucky being able to avoid the expensive car market, and get a car that is really utilitarian and efficent.

@TheAtqthe30th

3 ай бұрын

Honestly as a Canadian I've been looking at the minivan market. It is awful still and very long wait times especially for Toyota siennas.

I just recently learned that the Honda Fit, which ceased production in North America after the 2021 model year, is still being made in a new generation. It looks so weird

With many manufacturers backtracking their decisions on EVs, I hope small ICE cars make a comeback.

@am8115

27 күн бұрын

PHEVs are coming without a doubt because of the West Coast policies

This situation is everywhere,superminis are dying and it’s horrible

You're almost forced these days to buy an SUV. I had a compact car that got totalled by a Kia Sorento lightly hitting it. Bumpers are lower than those on SUVs so you're not even protected by most cars in the roads. A simple accident can become a huge financial loss especially when insurance pays out the current value which for some people could be 5000$. Very hard to buy another car with that little money

I’m so glad I found your channel. Not enough good informative auto content like this

This was a really great video. As someone who was recently shopping for my first car, I kept asking "What happened to the small, cheap cars?". While I wanted a small vehicle to drive to work, I also felt that being on the road with very large pickups, SUVs and transport trucks could potentially be dangerous. In Brampton, Ontario, Canada, there are lots of fast cars, big cars and trucks where many drivers specialize in recklessness. 😂 Again, great video!

There are still 2, albeit upmarket, subcompact hatchbacks left, the Mini and the fiat 500E

excellent video... and you didnt even mention BMW i3, Toyota iQ and Honda e... all discontinued

Underrated channel

Manufacturers have been slowly upsizing their cars for decades. Look at the different generations of many famous small cars that were sold around the world, whether you're looking at the VW Golf, Honda Civic, or the Toyota Corolla, each succeeding generation was slightly larger, slightly roomier, slightly heavier and often slightly more upscale. If their engineers were good the gains more than exceeded the penalties but things were moving up. Then the small crossover segment is just larger than normal step in the process. The thing that concerns me is that manufacturers and dealers just stopped caring about affordable vehicles. I've heard that it's difficult to find new cars or trucks below $20,000 and it is not uncommon to see over-optioned pickup trucks reaching $100,000. I understand the logic behind it. Companies exist to make profits and it's easier to be profitable building and selling expensive vehicles. Its just that a lot of people can't afford the current prices, and this is the sort of thing that could convince younger people to give up driving altogether. Me I'd like to see smaller affordable cars, whether they be ice of EV. Manufacturers are making smaller EVs for Europe. I would say it makes sense to bring them to the United States. The most expensive part of an EV is the battery, smaller cars require less energy and can have acceptable range with smaller batteries and be more affordable. I have seen a few promising cars made for Europe like the Hyundai Inster. I sincerely hope they'll send it to the United States.

I've always had a thing for minimalist transportation. As of late, I've inherited a 2004 Toyota Avalon, but I still long for my old 1985 Toyota Tercel, with a 5 speed manual transmission.

Great music choices man

2010s subcompacts will be collectors items in 20-30 years.

Poor Pinto. The bump and explosion scene is forever etched in the American psychic. Forever LOL.

There’s a lot at play here. From a packaging perspective, we expect a lot from cars, not least of which are tech and safety. Sub compacts are generally a challenge to package efficiently, but add in all the extra hurdles of stuffing in ADAS, advanced airbags, etc. on top of already expensive technology and the R&D just doesn’t make sense anymore. The other is in the US we’ve been tricked into thinking we need AWD, which subcompacts don’t offer. Subcompacts also have visibility concerns around the much larger cars and so the drivers feel less safe. Another is that subcompacts were popular with younger drivers and city drivers, however fewer teens actually want to drive and the need for small cars in an urban environment has drastically decreased with the advent of rideshare and alternative transportation. It sucks because the subcompact was such a great tool, but the combination of factors just makes the business case for development, marketing and selling them very very poor. If BEV is really our future, I foresee the return of the wagon and hatchback for most, but I think subcompacts are, unfortunately, dead.

awesome video didn’t expected this quality from such a small channel keep up the good work you’ll get somewhere

@matturner6890

3 ай бұрын

Hammer & Sickle... cringeeee

@ILovePancakes24

3 ай бұрын

Why the icon

@captainnovolin

3 ай бұрын

Communism will win

I've owned 2 subcompact cars in my life, I like them cause they're financially cheap to maintain. However, too many dude bros live in my area drive big trucks and SUVs, so I might have to upsize to a compact crossover for my next ride in order to feel safer.

we'll see small cars return once the electric car market crashes and burns

Sub compact is king at autocross. So what’s next at autocross? Crossovers ?

No more subcompacts, because it's expensive to keep up with government efficiency mandates. So they discontinued the subcompacts in favor of crossovers, as they can be classified as a light-truck, which circumvents the requirements. Subcompact sales is not high and the profit margins on them is razor thin, so adding a government efficiency mandate made it much worst for that category.

'89 Chevy Sprint.... whoop!

@Stormtrooper_98Trd

3 ай бұрын

We have an 86 sprint in our garage 😆

Love my mk6 Jetta. MK7 is too big, same size as the older passat.

Man, only if I had the money to start a car company! I would build very affordable vehicles for everyone's taste. Prices would start from $10,000 to $35,000 max. NO EVs. Only ICE and a small amount of Hybrids. No passionless MBAs, I'd rather pay all that money to hire engineers to build newer technologies for increasing gas mileage and quality while decreasing cost. I would've also established an EV research and development centre to come up with the breakthrough so that we could charge under a minute and get a range of 700 miles+.

Because of mandates sub compacts died. Also for the price you can add 2,000 more and you can get a bigger car

Need mah murican trugggg

I had a 2012 Fiat 500. Not a bad car just don't get hit by anything bigger than it or you are toast. Switched to a Model 3 rwd.

....and yet Americans still drive 'sedans' and there's no hint that demand for them is waning. A stark contrast to Europe, where sales of these type of cars is half what it was five years ago. In the UK now, virtually no one drives a sedan anymore. Brits prefer SUV's, Compact SUV's, Crossovers, Hatchbacks, or small city cars.

@showoe3126

2 ай бұрын

Sedans have very much slipped in the US market. All american auto makers except Cadillac and tesla have discontinued theirs (Malibu in November 2024). Though it's unlikely they will fully disappear from the market anywhere

Electric vehicles are a niche market. The infrastructure is not there to support a lot of so-called mainstream EVs. Our electricity grid system is already overtaxed as is. I see synthetic gasoline as a more realistic solution. The demand for EVs, SUVs, and crossovers will eventually go down. It is inevitable. It has happened many times before.

you meant murican, america is a continent. thumb down

@isaac2409

4 ай бұрын

what

@jasonshinton

3 ай бұрын

@@isaac2409 People outside of the USA generally don't refer to the United States as "America". That is because there two continents* called America and the USA is just one of many countries in North America. * This assumes someone uses the 7 continent model taught mostly in English speaking countries. Spanish speaking countries and most of Europe group North and South America together as a single continent so they only recognize 6 continents. (The 6 continent model is also why there are only 5 Olympic rings representing the inhabited continents of the world (Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe)

@cutehumor

3 ай бұрын

America land of the free home of the brave. As Leo said, we King of the world baby.