• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    BYD tends to be higher end (although the Seagull comes in around $11k). If you want a cheaper compact, try a Geely Xing Yuan or Chery Arrizo ($8k-13k range). For a sportier economy car, there’s the Xiaomi SU7 ($30k).

    The big catches with these cars is that they’re far smaller than their American equivalents.

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      23 hours ago

      I like small cars anyways. America has an auto obesity crisis. Older small cars have a charm that bloated crossovers don’t

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      22 hours ago

      The bigger catches with most of the smaller cars is that they wouldn’t pass an NHTSA inspection. Of course, if big cars didn’t exist, they might — but there’s lots of commercial vehicles on the roads that aren’t SUVs or pickup trucks that still might collide with a lightweight vehicle.