"Thought sales of big, expensive SUVs and pickups were on life support? It would seem that reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated as sales for some of the largest, thirstiest luxury models...have shown a surprising resurgence..."
Business Week article:
The people who squeal, you don't NEED one of those big vehicles are the ones who want one, but cannot afford one, and are jealous of those that have them.
Harley
**Nope.
Trevor Wilson
Well they don't want "normal loking" cars, they want something that will stand out, a hybrid people will recognize instead of a hybridized or re-fuelled regular car model. It is fashion as well as practicality/ economy. (See the poor Hybrid Accord sales at Honda, a fine car people just didn't go with. I came close to picking one up last year but fixed my older Dodge instead.) "Fashion" seems to be the only reason it didn't do better, given fuel prce news and so forth. It was a fine car.
Also people are used to versatility, especially if they haul a lot of gear. (Many SUV/Crossover owners, especially older married ones, have a regular/compact car as their other car.) They get used to that capability, like it, and as the car passes the 3-5-7 year marks, and they go looking for another one, they go with the newer models to keep that capability. If the newer ones are more efficient, good, but they want to keep that capability.
Also the CUV/SUV market benefits at some areas from the "truck law" as well as the high position of the seat (To see around/over he other road mosnters) they are basically the new wagons in market segment, which was part of the bad news for the Dodge Magnum.
We came very close to buying a Toyota Highlander this week, but then we decided we could use something even bigger so we bought a Sienna.
That's what you think. Are you trying to make yourself feel good about driving a Stupid Unnecessary Vehicle?
Nope. I was very interested in the Accord hybrid, but realized it was set up for powerful acceleration, not economy. It had a larger than normal V6 engine, but should have had a smaller than normal engine. It made no sense technically. So I passed and was not surprised they discontinued it.
I like the Simposons' rep[onse:
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive, smells like a steak and seats thirty-five..
Canyonero! Canyonero!
Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down, It's the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown!
Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero! [Krusty:] Hey Hey
[Voice over] The Federal Highway commission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving.Canyonero!
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride!Canyonero! Canyonero!
Top of the line in utility sports, Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!)
She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She's a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine!
Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!)
Fran
You just proved my point.
i love that episode, so i dedicate this to you and trevor
Nice parody, but has nothing to do with real world vehicles other than liberal's fained (dishonest) perceptions of them. Funny that the libs are the ones driving them (when not flying in their private jets to get to meetings on how to sane the world).
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
zing!! LOL!
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
Oops. "...save the world."
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')
The number of stupid and unnecessary vehicles is pretty large. Is anything stupider and more unnecessary than a LS460h or a Rolls Royce? Or how about
200 mph motorcycles? Could anything be stupider? For a majority of people anything larger / more powerful than a Corolla is unnecessary most of the time. Trying to draw a line between reasonable and unreasonable vehicles is a pretty hard thing to do. If your goal is to tell me what I should buy, then I think you should move to another country.Ed
Ever try and move a family of 5 in a Corolla?
Methinks your vision is too limited.
Cheers,
Rich
Environmentalists don't have children.
The majority of SUV's I see are moving a family of one fat-ass.
If you were really and truly serious, you could take a real step and go without a car all together. No...you don't need a car, no matter how small or how fuel efficient it is. You can use public transport or a bicycle to and from work...and to get your food, and to do your shopping. Cars, all of them, are not a need, but a luxury.
That would explain a lot. :-)
Cheers,
Rich
So you say. Would this be during rush hour perchance?
Cheers,
Rich
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