Detroit economist Patrick Anderson tells Bloomberg he expects the average cost of a new vehicle to go up by $12,000 after convicted felon President Trump’s tariffs sink in. “That kind of cost increase will lead directly – and I expect almost immediately – to a decline in sales of the models that have the biggest trade impacts,” Anderson said of the anticipated effects the fat bastard’s planned 25 percent levies will inflict on the auto industry’s complex cross-border manufacturing chain.