> people interested in buying cars under $35,000 would rather have the option for more basic vehicles in order to keep costs down and repairs simple.
See the problem? It's right there in the quote.
Car manufacturers are in the business of making money, not cars. People that want to keep costs down are not the kind of customers they can make money from.
In fact, they would be happy if no other manufacturer would have them as customers, because that would mean those people will succeed in spending less, grow accustomed to the ideea of not having to spend a lot on a car, and possibly hijack some other customers that would have bought an expensive car.
See the problem? It's right there in the quote.
Car manufacturers are in the business of making money, not cars. People that want to keep costs down are not the kind of customers they can make money from.
In fact, they would be happy if no other manufacturer would have them as customers, because that would mean those people will succeed in spending less, grow accustomed to the ideea of not having to spend a lot on a car, and possibly hijack some other customers that would have bought an expensive car.