Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC Say goodbye to your SUV's : BO just madethem extinct

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

It's obvious that you are not in the car business, because you
are out of touch with current reality.  Your mindset was correct
when gas was $4, but not now.

The public is fickle, and it can certainly shift back the other way
on a moment's notice.  But, currently, the gas guzzler is king
in the marketplace.  Tomorrow the Priuses may start selling
again, but not today.

What is bizarre is that most people seem to bury their collective
heads in the sand and fail to see that some of the worst offenders
are from Japan.  Have you any real world experience with fuel
mileage in a Toyota Tundra?  Or a Nissan Armada?  Not even
close to the mileage in an equivalent GM product.

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] 
yahoo.com
> wrote:

> Sales of ALL cars are way down, but a used Honda/Toyota has higher re-sale
> value than any SUV right now.  I dare you to find anyone in the market for a
> new Hummer compared to the folks interested in a good used Prius.  Do you
> believe the price of gas will remain below $3 once the economy rebounds?  I
> don't.
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/20/09, Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC Say goodbye to your SUV's : BO just madethem
> extinct
> To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:34 AM
>
>
> At 10:24 PM 5/19/2009, Michael James wrote:
> >Am I missing something here?  The 'Big Three' is now the 'Big 1.2',
> >Crysler/Chevy lots are chock-full of Trucks/SUVs that are NOT
> >moving, thousands of dealerships are closing, and makers of small,
> >fuel-efficient vehicles are experiencing growth and expanding
> >market-share.....you can't be implying that the market hasn't
> >already spoken....
>
> I suggest you try an experiment..
>
> Go try and trade in a "fuel efficient" vehicle.
>
> See what you get for it.
>
> You'll get less than a year ago, because the market for
> fuel-efficient vehicles has dropped
> with the price of fuel.
>
> It's called "the free market" or "cause and effect"
>
> Jim
>
> PS: Don't believe me?  Sales of Prius/etc are WAAAAY down.
>
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