No mention of the skyrocketing price tags of those Western carmakers' "entry level" models in recent years?

Well, whacking the inter border parts/car trade in n America certainly isn’t helping…

Maybe do what Crucial did? Stop selling directly to consumers and only sell to businesses who 1) have a financial interest in consumers being unable to afford their own, and 2) are willing to pay $80k for a Ford Fiesta so consumers can rent small fractions of it. /s