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

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

Jim, I'm just shaking my head at this one.....YOU PROVED MY POINT.
 
Look at your own data.  See for yourself that small/fuel-efficient cars are 
growing in sales numbers while SUVs and other gass-guzzlers are in free-fall.  
People's attitudes are changing.  This summer, gas prices will climb again.  
The economy will probably be where it is right now.  Sales lots will be clogged 
with so many SUVs that some dealerships (especially those getting axed) will be 
practically giving them away - and that's the only way the'll sell.  
 
And you wanna prove to me that worldwide (this is, after all, a global economy) 
small cars have not totally dominated the marketplace?  You doubt my source, 
but you have ZERO data that disproves it....methinks you are afraid to go 
look.  Common sense would say I'm right....how long has the Civic, the Beetle, 
and the Corolla/Camry been on the market?  Decades?  Would that be because 
people STILL want them and buy them?  I think you'll figure it out 
eventually....
 
M

--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com> wrote:


From: Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Fw: Re: 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, 11:45 PM


At 04:07 PM 5/20/2009, you wrote:
> This one:
> 
> <http://nvkumar.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-10-best-selling-cars-ever/>http://nvkumar.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/the-worlds-10-best-selling-cars-ever/
> 
> Might want to note that besides the Ford F-Series, there's not a SINGLE SUV 
> on the list.....keep trying, sunshine.

  Yes, Michael - I'm going to take the word of someones BLOG
  over Reuters or better yet Autodata/Motor Intelligence.

  Who get their info direct from actual sales sheets.

  http://www.motorintelligence.com/m_frameset.html

  (Click on New Vehicle Sales)

  or here is a direct link:

  http://www.motorintelligence.com/fileopen.asp?File=SR_Sales-2.xls

  Jim

  PS: Do I burst your bubble now or later and point out it's raMpante.

  PPS: Do you even VET your sources a slight bit?  (answer: NO!)