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

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

I think these changes are knee-jerk reactions.  Gasoline goes up, people buy 
little cars.  Gas goes down, people buy powerful/big cars.  This is all short 
period oscillation.  The real question is; What is the trend when measured over 
a long time interval - and how does THAT correlate with other long-term 
socio-economic trends.

As for the electric car thing, I think there are two metaphors that might 
apply; In the '80s, buying a $2500 computer to balance one's checkbook. 
Remember that logic?  People actually offered that reasoning for their 
purchases, when all they really wanted was a new hip toy.  And buying the first 
uber-expensive mobile (bag) phones, when what they wanted was a new hip form of 
CB radio.

Electric cars seem hip, cool, rad, progressive, what-the-hell-ever.  The only 
thing cooler than owning one is to be seen driving one.  That way others know 
how hip, cool, rad, progressive, what-the-hell-ever you really are!

me


--- On Thu, 5/21/09, Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Michael James <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Fw: Re: NFC Say goodbye to your SUV's : BO just 
> madethem extinct
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 9:01 AM
> 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!)
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
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