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13 Car Brands Going Bankrupt in 2025 – Complete Financial Breakdown
Is the car in your driveway from a dying brand? In this comprehensive analysis, I break down 13 automotive manufacturers facing financial collapse, dealer network failures, and catastrophic owner abandonment.
💰 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
✅ Specific financial losses for each brand
✅ Mechanical problems destroying resale values
✅ Dealer network collapse indicators
✅ Warranty risks and parts availability issues
✅ Real depreciation numbers (shocking)
✅ Action plans for current owners
✅ Red flags for car shoppers
📉 CRITICAL DATA REVEALED:
- Nissan: $5.3B losses, 12-month survival timeline
- Jaguar: 97.5% sales drop in Europe
- Chrysler: 80% volume collapse since 2005
- Maserati: 57% global sales crash in one year
- Lucid: $2.7B losses, 95% stock collapse
- Fisker & Canoo: TOTAL BANKRUPTCIES
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Picture this. You're signing papers on
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what seems like an incredible deal,
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feeling proud of your purchase. 18
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months later, that vehicle is worth half
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what you paid, not because you drove it
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wrong, but because the manufacturer
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literally disappeared. This is happening
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right now to thousands of drivers who
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missed the warning signs. I'm breaking
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down the car brands hemorrhaging cash
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and abandoning customers. Some of these
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will shock you. Let's dive in. Here's
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what makes this different. I'm giving
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you specific financial data, mechanical
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nightmares, and resale destruction
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numbers that dealers won't share.
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Whether you're shopping or already own
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one of these, this information protects
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your wallet. If you want honest
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automotive advice, hit subscribe. Let's
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keep you informed and financially
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protected. The luxury crisis brands
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Genesis identity crisis. Genesis moved
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75,000 units in 2024. Sounds decent
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until you see BMW's 362,000
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in Mercedes 282,000 sales. Here's your
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problem. Genesis vehicles lose 45 to 50%
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value in 3 years versus 35 to 40% for
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BMW. That's brutal depreciation. 2022
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brought 95,000 vehicle recalls for fuel
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pump failures causing highway stalling.
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In luxury markets, one major recall
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destroys trust permanently. The service
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disaster, you're paying luxury prices,
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but getting shuffled to Hyundai service
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base. Add 25% Korean import tariffs on
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parts and your maintenance costs
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skyrocket. Bottom line, unless Genesis
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builds real luxury credibility fast,
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early owners face devastating equity
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positions. Maserati, the freef fall.
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Maserati's global sales collapsed 57% in
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2024, plunging from 26,600
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to 11,300
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vehicles. That's not struggling, that's
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imploding. Stalantis openly discussed
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selling or shutting down Maserati. When
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your parent company questions your
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viability publicly, owners suffer
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immediate consequences. Your resale
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destroyed with no value floor. parts
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availability. If they exit North
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America, that $400 repair becomes 2,000
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because components need special ordering
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from Italy. Current US tariffs add 25%
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to Italian imports. A $95,000 Giblly
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can't compete with a $90,000 BMW,
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offering better reliability and proven
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resale. If you own a Maserati, consider
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your exit strategy now while market
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liquidity exists. Jaguar brand suicide.
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Jaguar cancelled everything in 2024. Xi,
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XF, F-Type, Ipace, E-Pace, all gone.
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What remains? The F-Pace. One vehicle.
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The rebrand disaster replaced the iconic
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leaping CAD with a plain J in a circle.
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New slogan, live vivid, with fashion ads
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showing zero cars. April 2025, Jaguar
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registered 49 vehicles in all of Europe.
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That's a 97.5%
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crash year-over-year. Current owners
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face dealer network collapse, parts
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uncertainty, and values plummeting. That
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$55,000 F-Pace were 32,000 after 2
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years. Unless their new EVs launching
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late 2025 are perfect. This accelerates
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extinction rather than preventing it.
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The scandal plagued survivors.
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Mitsubishi trust destroyed. 2024 US
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sales hit 109,843.
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Ford sells more F-150s in 2 weeks than
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Mitsubishi sells all vehicles yearly.
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The scandal legacy destroyed them. 2016
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fuel economy fraud on 625,000
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vehicles with deliberately manipulated
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tests. Government raids, executive
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resignations, billions lost. The
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mechanical nightmares continue. CVT
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transmission failures in Outlanders
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require complete replacement costing
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$4500 to $6,500 around $80,000 mi. AC
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compressors fail prematurely at 50 to
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70,000 mi for 12 to $1,800 repairs.
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Build quality is wildly inconsistent.
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One owner gets 150,000 trouble-free
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miles. The next gets catastrophic
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failure at 48,000 mi. Mitsubishi
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vehicles depreciate 50 to 60% in 3
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years. among the worst in the industry.
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If US operations keep bleeding money,
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they'll exit fast, leaving owners with
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vanishing parts and service. Infiniti,
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the forgotten brand. 2024 sales hit
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58,70,
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down 10%. Over the past decade, they've
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lost half their customer base.
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Standalone Infiniti showrooms gone. Most
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dealers folded into Nissan stores.
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You're shopping for luxury next to
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Sentras. Product decimation continues.
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QX50, QX55 ending 2025, Q50, Q60 already
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dead. The CVT disaster mirrors Nissan's
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problems. Most Infinitities use the same
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unreliable continuously variable
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transmissions plagued with premature
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bearing failure, shuttering, and
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complete death around 80 to 100,000 mi.
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Replacement 4 to $7,000. A $45,000 QX50
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loses 22 to $26,000 in 3 years. nearly
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55% depreciation. Comparable BMW or Audi
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40 to 45%. That difference is the market
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saying we don't trust this brand.
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Chrysler American icon dead. The
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collapse is staggering. 2005 sales
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exceeded 600,000.
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2024 under 125,000. That's 80% collapse.
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Current lineup Chrysler 300 dead Voyager
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Fleet Only Pacifica. their only consumer
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vehicle, one single model. Even the
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Pacifica dropped 11% while Toyota Sienna
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and Kia Carnival surged. The promised
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airflow EV, Stalantis canceled it mid
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2024, calling it too expensive and
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outdated. That's admitting they have no
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plan. CEO Carlos Tavos publicly stated
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several brands may not survive past
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2026. Chrysler is high on that list.
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Owners face 55 to 65% depreciation in 3
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years, dealer closures forcing 50 plus
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mile service drives and parts pipelines
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drying up. For prospective buyers, avoid
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buy Honda Odyssey or Toyota Sienna
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instead. Brands with actual futures, the
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catastrophic failures. Nissan giant
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falling. 2024 US sales look healthy at
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$865,938,
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but global losses hit $5.3 billion. US
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operations alone lost 3.5 billion.
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Product carnage is real. Maxima
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collapsed 90% before discontinuation.
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Ultima down 25%. The Leaf looks ancient.
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The failed Honda merger could have saved
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them. Honda demanded control. Nissan
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refused. talks collapsed. Since then,
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desperate partnership searches produced
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nothing. 9,000 jobs eliminated, multiple
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factories closed, two planned US EVs
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canled. The CVT disaster mirrors
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Nissan's problems. Most Nissan's
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continuously variable transmissions fail
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catastrophically with premature bearing
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wear, control valve failures, and
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complete death around 80 to 120,000 mi.
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replacement $40 to $6,500,
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sometimes exceeding vehicle value.
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Affected models include Ultima, Sentra,
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Rogue, Pathfinder, Morano from 2013
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forward. Industry insiders say Nissan
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has 12 to 14 months to secure a merger
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or face insolvency.
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That's analyzing cash burn rates, not
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speculation. Dealers are desperate,
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offering 8 to 12,000 off MSRP. But that
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$32,000 Rogue bought for 26,000 will be
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worth 12,000 in 3 years if Nissan
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collapses. A comparable Honda CV holds
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22,000. You actually lose more with the
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deal. Lucid, the failed Tesla killer.
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Lucid lost $2.7 billion in 2024. Stock
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collapsed 95% from peak. Over $60
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billion dollar in shareholder value
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gone. Saudi Arabia's public investment
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fund owns controlling stake. Funding
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this as strategic asset, not profitable
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business. If political priorities
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change, funding vanishes overnight.
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Production has been chaotic. Cars
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sitting unfinished, waiting for carpet
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and glass. Production targets slashed
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from 50,000 to 9,000. CEO Peter Rollson
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stepped aside early 2025 when the
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founder abandoned ship. Internal
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confidence is dead. The air was recalled
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for high voltage failures causing
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complete loss of propulsion. 10
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confirmed incidents. Owners report buggy
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software, infotainment freezes, and
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missing promised features. A $130,000
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car new is worth 60 to 70,000 after one
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year. Nearly 50% depreciation. If Lucid
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folds, parts pipelines disappear,
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software updates end, and you're driving
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an exotic with zero support. Buy Porsche
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Kan, Mercedes EQS, or BMW i4 instead.
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Brands with futures. Fisker bankruptcy
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number two. Fisker filed Chapter 11
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bankruptcy June 2024. This was their
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second collapse after failing in 2013.
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The Entro looked promising until
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catastrophic safety issues emerged.
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NHTSA investigated for doors that won't
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open, trapping owners inside, hoods
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opening at highway speed, sudden power
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loss mid drive, brake failures.
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Production stopped March 2024. Revenue
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hit 273 million against 1.3 billion in
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debt. Current owners are abandoned. No
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software updates, no service network, no
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parts available. Some Entros are
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completely inoperable, sitting as 50 to
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$70,000 paper weights. Canoe complete
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vaporization. Canoe had NASA contracts.
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Walmart ordered 4500 vans. And Oklahoma
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provided 400 million in incentives.
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January 2025 brought Chapter 7
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bankruptcy. Not reorganization,
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liquidation.
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Operations ceased immediately. the math.
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50,000 in assets against 160
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million in debt. Oklahoma got an empty
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factory, zero jobs, and taxpayer money
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gone. The state is investigating fraud.
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Workers were sent home without notice,
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violating federal War Act requirements.
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The handful of owners who receive
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vehicles are completely stranded. Zero
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service, no parts, software frozen
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forever, worthless resale. Canoe proves
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even companies with massive partnerships
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and government backing can vanish
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overnight. 13 brands from luxury
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pretenders to total vaporization. The
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lesson, these aren't just corporate
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failures. They're personal financial
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disasters. Your action plan, if you own
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these brands, assess exit strategy now.
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Check trade values. Document all issues.
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Join owner communities for part
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sourcing. Drop a comment. Do you own
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these brands? Which collapse shocked you
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most? Subscribe for honest automotive
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advice on the best brands to buy, hidden
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mechanical problems, and negotiation
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strategies. Thanks for watching. See you
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in the next one.
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