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Detroit: Please Bring Back the Stripped Car

Other than AC, the savings on amenities such as power windows vs. crank would be minimal, ditto for power mirrors and many of he formerly luxury options. Standard shift is also a source of cost reduction. The fly in this ointment is resale. Try selling a stick shift AC-less car on the used car market. The savings on initial purchase is more than eradicated at resale. Also, as a previous poster stated, UAW represented plants cannot make a small low-value car profitably.