First major carmaker to stop production in the USA due to tariffs: assembly lines to be shut down on May 12

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The impact of Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariff policies are beginning to hit with car manufacturer Mazda confirming that it will halt production of CX-50s vehicles bound for Canada, a move prompted by America’s tariffs and corresponding Canadian countermeasures.

Mazda says the pause will begin on May 12 at its Huntsville, Alabama plant, which builds the CX-50 car for North American markets. The company did not say how long the suspension will last. According to Mazda Canada spokesperson Sandra Lemaitre, dealers across the country will continue selling the remaining stock for as long as they can.

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Production of the CX-50 for the Canadian market will be temporarily suspended starting May 12 (U.S. time). However, by increasing production for the U.S. market, MTM operations remain unaffected".

Uncertain future

If there is no change in the U.S. government tariff policy, Mazda could raise the price of the CX-50 in Canada to offset added costs, or potentially withdraw the model from the market entirely. In the meantime, Canadian buyers interested in a CX-50 will have to move swiftly with current inventory at dealers is all that will be available for the foreseeable future.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/first-major-carmaker-to-stop-production-in-the-usa-due-to-tariffs-assembly-lines-to-be-shut-down-on-may-12/ar-AA1Dnw0M

[dweller]

1. WINNING !!!

if destroying the US is the point

😐


✌🏻

[barbtries]

25. it seems to be. nt

[Blues Heron]

2. Heck of a job, felon

[Beachnutt]

3. And

The Red Tide rolls...

[BoRaGard]

4. G.O.P. making war on American workers

[Mountainguy]

5. The Huntsville area

is among the deepest red parts of Alabama. A lot of people who work at that plant will come from counties where Trump wont 75-80% of the vote.

[peacebuzzard]

8. Well hopefully they may be able to connect the dots soon.

I live in a deep red MAGA county/city, too, and I see little enthusiasm compared to the previous term their dear leader had.
Flags and signs are not waving at all.

[BigDemVoter]

14. FAFO

There really are consequences to voting.

[Cha]

16. Yes, the Mump Cult takes a Major Hit from their

leader. shocking.

[Coventina]

17. I didn't think the leopards would eat MY face!!!

[eppur_se_muova]

18. Totally wrong. Huntsville is a University and College town. Turnip got 54%, Harris 45%.

https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/alabama/?r=0

Five counties went for Turnip by 90%, and one at 89.5%. Several more in south AL were over 80%. Madison Co. isn't as blue as it needs to be, but it's turning purple.

Our proudest moment -- Madison Co. chose Dem Doug Jones over the despicable Roy Moore in 2017, the only county in the northern third of the state to do so.

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/alabama-senate-special-election-roy-moore-doug-jones

BTW, Huntsville is now the most populous city in AL. If it surprises some people that it's not B'ham, that's partly because the greater B'ham metro spreads into neighboring counties. It's still the biggest population center in the state, it's just not all within the city limits of B'ham proper.

https://www.alabama-demographics.com/cities_by_population

BTW, the population of Madison Co. is over 400,000; the four neighboring AL counties combined total a little over 300,000, and Lincoln Co. TN has only 35,000. So I suspect most of Mazda's workers come from the Huntsville/Madison Co. area.

[Mountainguy]

23. yeah....and

as you said that's a university town that Trump still won by nearly 10 points.....and now look at every surrounding county.

Limestone County 72-27
Morgan County 75-23
Marshall County 85-13
Jackson County 85-14


So it's exactly as I said. A deep red part of the state where even the "Liberal" area voted for Trump and where the counties that many working at the plant as from voted for Trump with 75-80% of the vote.

[eppur_se_muova]

27. Way to misread the data. I added population data to my post after you read it.

AL at large is deep red; Madison Co. is purpler than any of its neighbors, and its neighbors have much smaller populations. The really red counties in NW AL are tiny; just like the counties in the 'Black Belt'* which always go Dem but have tiny populations. It looks nice on an election map, but there are only a handful of counties in AL which decide the outcome of elections. I've been monitoring the last few election nights very closely, and I know which counties are predictably red or blue, but have almost no impact relative to mighty Jefferson Co. except en masse.




*It's a geographic feature, visible from space. Black soil from an ancient river created AL's most productive cotton plantations before the Civil War. Post-Civil War, the remaining population were largely freed slaves -- i.e., Black. That's not where the name came from, but it explains the obvious 'Blue Belt' on election maps.

[Mountainguy]

31. Until you realize

That the mazda plant is in Limestone County

[progressoid]

6. MAGA!11!

[Dave Bowman]

7. And another miserable failure on a very long list for Reverse Midas.

[Aristus]

9. And who collected Alabama's Electoral votes this time around?

Let me see...

Hmm...

Sorry about that, you hillbilly fuckwits. I guess all that "common sense' you all are always bleating about deserted you when it mattered, huh?

[DENVERPOPS]

10. Made me think of Tesla Canada Dealerships

overnight declaring they had imported 8K Tesla autos...... THE DAY BEFORE TRUMP ORDERED THE TARIFFS.

[mwmisses4289]

13. And they aren't selling (or very few are).

[DENVERPOPS]

29. I can only imagine that

parts for repair will become scarce, as will dealerships to do the work on everyone that has one.....

[Marcuse]

11. Maybe after the layoff? Maybe not.

However, by increasing production for the U.S. market, MTM operations remain unaffected".

[Farmer-Rick]

19. Yeah right

If the US market was that easily available why weren't they producing for that US market already?

Me thinks the good little capitalist produces for the markets that are buying their products. Not produce for markets that may come along when pedo Trump plays around with the economy.

[MichMan]

24. Where did the link state there were layoffs?

[Marcuse]

32. Nowhere. Perhaps the company will pause production without pausing paychecks.

[MichMan]

33. They are only pausing production of Canadian market cars

If you read the link, total production is unaffected.

The headline is false

[johnnyfins]

12. No, they are shutting down for retooling

To handle the massive amount of manufacturing that is coming back to the US.

[Cha]

15. So the Treasonous MOnster Messed Up Alabama Jobs... how

you like him now, Cult Mump?

[calimary]

20. It starts...

[MichMan]

21. According to the OP, Mazda is not shutting down an assembly line

That headline is false. They are just ceasing production temporarily of the Canadian market vehicles which account for approx. 15% of total production. The plant is not shutting down and there are no layoffs.

Mazda communique stated: “MTM (Mazda Toyota Manufacturing) will continue to build the Mazda CX-50 for the North American market, with no changes to overall production volume.

Production of the CX-50 for the Canadian market will be temporarily suspended starting May 12 (U.S. time). However, by increasing production for the U.S. market, MTM operations remain unaffected".

[JohnSJ]

28. The OP sure seemed confusing and contradictory.

[allegorical oracle]

22. Heard a report on NPR in the last few days that Jeep and Volvo were laying

off plant workers -- 900 at Jeep and 1,200 at Volvo.

[OAITW r.2.0]

26. Shocking. Using campaign promises to ruin our economy.

Like, we didn't know that this guy would fuck up again. He only killed 1/4mm last time. Maybe a Million over the next 4 years?

[dchill]

30. Congrats, rats. And leopards!

[IronLionZion]

34. GOP are such job creators. Bringing back manufacturing through negative growth. MAGA!

[UpInArms]

35. The cx 50