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Except when they are all designed to use chips and because they are unavailable inventory for vehicles is low and prices are sky-high.
But who really drove this, NOT the consumer, I would bet if you asked most people what they really wanted in a car, many would tell you
What?! YES, the consumer! Maybe not YOU but the current products in the market ARE a reflection of what consumers want and are willing to pay for in their vehicles. If there was serious consumer pressure to simplify vehicle technology and reduce the number of processors then some manufacture would be pushing into that niche market and yet I don't see any commercials pitching the idea to forget all those other overly complicated vehicles and buy this simple technology-free vehicle.
Actually most people DON'T want the simple vehicles. We hardly ever sell and base/cheap/low option vehicles....from any brand. I don't want one either. I'll gladly take the new stuff, over old. Cars are also waaaaaay more reliable than old. My god the amount of "maint" we used to do back in the 80s....engine overhauls, trans overhauls, carb overhauls, the list is huge. That kind of work has really shrunk, other than some bad CVTs, and hyundai engines. NO WAY do I want to go back.
No, this is the result of car manufacturers hiring consulting agencies to do footwork which involves massive surveys, and you would THINK that it would be a definitive way of finding out what most consumers want in vehicles, however it is NOT. What most often happens is the mfr hires the consulting agencies to give them the answers they want to hear (highest profit margin answer) and sure enough the firms are happy to give the results they want, whether they are accurate or not, more often than not the results are deliberately skewed to show whatever the client wants.
People want options not stripped out entry level models. Has absolutely nothing to do with consulting firms or what the manufacturer wants. Try selling a car with manual locks, crank windows, and AM/FM only radio with no aux input in 2021, it won’t sell well at all.
People are TOLD what they want via marketing. You really don't think SUVs became popular because they just all of a sudden wanted them?
You can't buy what the manufacturers refuse to sell. Oh and some of them are cagey, they'll put them up on their websites but it is impossible to order them because the dealers claim they cannot. On various car websites for different makes I see many threads about the inability to buy basic models, even by special ordering them, while they are listed on the websites by the mfrs.
