I’m shopping for a new car, and would like to choose one made with the least bad labour practices, if possible.

My reading suggests there is literally no good choice, but curious if anyone here has a perspective that could inform my choice.

Is there any car company that shits on their workers less and/or chooses contractors/vendors that shit on their workers less than the rest? Or are we just doomed to drive around the blood sweat and tears of exploited persons?

Shopping in America.

Edit: New to me. Used just as likely.

      • @[email protected]
        16•10 months ago

        Half joking . The used to be largely built by old men in a small town called Crewe in the UK. I doubt that’s still the case.

        You could make an argument that any car made IN Germany would be a decent bet - I think the unions have good sway there.

        • @[email protected]OP
          10•10 months ago

          I had a jetta once. Wouldn’t be mad about driving one of those again.

          Thanks for the tip!

          • ivanafterall
            1•10 months ago

            And Volkswagen’s ethics record is surely spotless, right? Name me literally one time they did something bad.

            • @[email protected]OP
              3•10 months ago

              Name literally any car company that hasn’t done something bad.

              I didn’t ask for spotless, I asked for the lesser of evils.

    • ivanafterall
      1•10 months ago

      More realistically, you’re going to want to hire a proper custom coachbuilder to ensure you can oversee every aspect of the production process.