US Senator Calls Chinese Cars a 'Cancer,' Vowing Stricter Ban

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Substitute in "Japanese" and you'd think we're back in the 1980s. Everything old is new again.

Funny how it sounds when you go to the logical conclusion of that statement - "Consumers should be forced to pay the highest prices possible for cars."

So what’s the disease called when you have an uncompetitive domestic car industry?

Chinese cars are a cancer, and American cars are obese with heart disease extremely high healthcare premiums?

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For the record, I would never buy a Chinese car, but I can't fault anyone who is disappointed by domestic offerings: too heavy, too luxurious, too big, too expensive, too over-complicated, too many touchscreens, poor repair-ability, sky-high insurance premiums, terrible visibility, skyrocketing repair costs, too many sensors, etc, etc.

Why would you never buy a Chinese car?

I'd be worried about safety in a crash, safety with regard to battery fires, and then privacy / tracking issues. It's easy to say that these issues are just as bad for non-Chinese cars, but that's not true. As recently as 2024, you could get base model Nissans with no telematics systems whatsoever (this may still be true in 2026, I'm just unaware) and the Ford Maverick's Telematics system has a single fuse that you can easily remove without affecting any other system.

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