Cars are overpriced already so the recession will force the manufacturers to eat the cost or continue to extend the financing window. China will probably be banned from selling cars here so it may work.
A recession will probably tank a lot of manufacturers if they aren’t getting bailouts. And China is only banned here, but not everywhere in the world, they are poised to take over many car markets that are irked by American tariffs, they just have to offer them a slightly better deal.