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

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

I'm sorry, what's the most popular, highest-selling car in history?  And what 
is the #2 car?
 
I rest my case.
 
M

--- 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 James" <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 10:56 AM


At 11:07 PM 5/19/2009, you 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.

  Really?

  ... do you have any EXPERIENCE with this?

  Because I do.

  A 'good used Prius' is harder to sell here than an SUV currently.

  We just traded one in on an SUV.  We got significantly less than
  when fuel was $4+/gal simply because the average time a 'good used
  Prius' sits on a dealers lot is significantly longer now.

  According to the Automotive News, this is not a local phenomenon.

  Sales of SUV's are UP - Sales of Prius are DOWN.