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The SUV Is Dethroned
Wired's Autopia blog documents what we all knew was coming: rising gas prices have killed off the SUV. Auto industry watchers had predicted that the gas guzzlers in the "light truck" category would lose the ascendancy by 2010; no one expected their reign to end in a month, in the spring of 2008. Toyota, GM, Ford, and now Nissan have announced they will scale back truck and SUV production and ramp up that of smaller passenger cars. Of course there will always be a market for this class of vehicle, but its days on the top of the sales charts are done. "'All of our previous assumptions on the full-size pickup truck segment are off the table,' Bob Carter, Toyota division sales chief said last week during a conference call with reporters. Translation — we have no idea how low they'll go."
you can keep your prius and save enough gas so i can continue to run over baby seals with my H2.
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What I'm trying to say is: GP doesn't have anything to do with you, and everything to do with people who get SUVs and don't do "SUV stuff."
Agreed -- I'm looking forward to being able to buy one now. I couldn't convince myself it was worth paying out 20K even for a decent used one, but now that I could get one for 10-15 hell yes I'll buy one.
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Gas prices in the US will drop, the problem is we have a gas pricing bubble. There is plenty of the product available and you don't have the daily prices changes that are currently happening if it was just a supply/demand situation. Something needs to happen to break this bubble and until the US government decides to allow new drilling in thier country people are just going to keep speculating and the price will increase.
With oil being priced in US Dollars the only thing saving Europe at this time is the weak dollar, if the dollar was at the strength it was a few years ago then prices would be even worse.
Just be glad you are not in Sweden, it is even higher.
If Mac is run over by an SUV tomorrow do you think the police would think the same thing?
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I probably would have looked her in the eye, and then cranked the door open. Look startled as it hits her car, and try again. Then look at her, look at the car door, and try it once more. I love rental cars and 0 deductibles.
> A metre is a metre (well, a meter at least) but it's the same distance.
Unless you are a spacecraft engineer, and then a meter is the same as a foot !!
* it's just not practical to strap 2 kids, a wife and a bag full of groceries on top of it Where's your sense of adventure???? :o)
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Yes, they are. Poorly designed station wagons with less interior space.
By your logic you might as well call a van a poorly-designed subcompact.
I would like to suggest a scenario where large SUV'S could be really beneficial to the single males out there. Lets assume that we have a Ford dealer in town that is overstocked with, say V10 Excursions that get about 7 MPG. Let's also assume that this dealer has an attractive female sales person. Thirdly, let us assume that you are a single male, that being a Slashdot geek does not do so well in meeting females of fun and games at the local bar scene.
...... in the VIP area of a strip club.
Customer: WOW! I am interested in one of those big powerful giant size SUV's that you have lined up, out there.
Cute lady salesperson: Oh, really? Are you really interested in buying one?
Customer: Well, maybe, can we go for a test drive?
Cute lady salesperson: Sure!
{ while on the test drive }
Customer: Gee, I like this, but with gas the way it is, how can you convince me to buy this rolling tribute to oil companies?
I will leave the rest to your imagination, however from a strict probability assessment, I think the customer has a better chance of some adult fun in this encounter, than say
So, like I said, SUV's have their uses.
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HEY, this is America! Our 2.4 children ARE too large to fit in your undersized small penis Japanese sedans. /sarcasm
Personally, I expect the price for gas to hover in the $2.50 to $3.25 range for the next decade. Of course that was the price when I purchased my hybrid, so I don't expect the light truck category to have the popularity it did have, but sales will pick up again (unfortunately).
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