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Replying to: chuck1959 (Oct 20, 2005 10:23 pm) But what do they all have in common? They're marketed to young people. I think the issue isn't that two door cars won't sell, but rather that they won't sell to certain demographics. That's why the Charger is a four-door...people old enough to remember the originals, and old enough to actually be able to afford them need the space and utility of a sedan at this point in their lives, and would be less likely to buy a coupe Charger (as cool as many of them undoubtably think that would be...) And in any event, a Mercury Cougar based on a Mustang platform would probably just steal certain Mustang sales...so the overall demand would likely just stay the same I'd bet.
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Replying to: john_324 (Oct 21, 2005 5:49 am)
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Make that American car manufacters. I know this crowd AND there will be someone that will say Toyotas, Honda, etc are american made!  .
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Replying to: lweiss (Oct 21, 2005 4:21 am) I am just upset that the magnum/charger/300 bunch is so popular because it is a step back to normalizing th market. GM still have no grasp of reality.. possibly forced by the need to focus on refreshing theis full size SUV/truck lineup.. I adminre for fo being so Euro-based. they have been producing very sensible cars that make sense and fit together to make a great full featured lineup. As usual I will complain about Focus, but other than that there is a lot of activity going on and they have a good direction... I think all of their new cars were a good reality based designs, and that gives them a strong foundation to go on further.. making more extravagant moves like reviving Lincoln and finishing up MetaOne.. Igor
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Oct 21, 2005 6:57 am) Igor |
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Replying to: igor2 (Oct 21, 2005 6:59 am)
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Replying to: stickguy (Oct 20, 2005 10:59 am) I agree the current interior in the Camry is pretty boring looking. I have sat in a couple current Camry's. I didn't find seat comfort a problem. The interior was just very bland. With the Corolla I think the steering wheel is too high for smaller sized(height-wise)drivers. "That's why the Fusion interested me. I like the Mazda 6, but found the seats to be uncomfortable, otherwise I probably would have bought one, plus it had some headroom issues. Both things the Fusion cured." I don;t think the Mazda 6 has headroom issue unless your 6 foot. I sat in one and it was perfectly sized for my needs. |
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Replying to: nvbanker (Oct 20, 2005 6:52 pm) I think the Escalade was redesigned on the exterior for the 02 model year if I'm not mistaken.
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Replying to: chuck1959 (Oct 21, 2005 6:57 am) Well the reason people will say Toyota and Honda are American made is because most of their line of cars are built in North America now. Toyota has a plant in Kenucky and in 1 plant in Canada. Also Honda has 2 plants in Ohio I think and 1 plant in Canada. |
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Replying to: lweiss (Oct 21, 2005 4:21 am) I wouldn't be so quick to say "the era of the big gas hogs is over". If fuel prices go down again maybe the big hog SUV trend will unfortunately make a come back. Of course as well all know though everything goes in cycles. In the 80's/early 90's it was sports coupes that everybody wanted. By 1996 nobody wanted a 2 door car anymore. In the 70's/early 80's everybody was driving big tank looking cars. Of course the(supposed)gas shortage drove some people to buy Honda and Toyota supcompact cars and away from their Domestic Big 3 big tank looking cars. BTW, last month was a great month sales wise for compact cars like the Nissan Sentra, Mazda 3, and Honda Civic. It was also a great sales month for a mid-sized car like the Nissan Altima as well. "Ford needs (like GM and maybe D-C), to get their products more aligned with reality- no more Expedition/Explorer situations where they depend on regular people to drive fully featured commercial vehicles- at least not in great numbers. Feel sorry for the people that did buy those models in the last year- big payments, big fuel costs, horrible resale values." I don't sorry for people who bought a big gas guzzling SUV unless they need it if they have a big family. I am a single person in my mid 20's and very anti SUV. I don't need an SUV because I have no use for it. Thats why I never understood the SUV trend that started in the mid 90's. Why would you buy a big SUV in the first place if you don't have a big family and you have no adequete use for it? Your thing about resale value on SUV's maybe right on target now they might have horrible resale value because nobody wants one but in 2 years they might have better resale value if the gas prices dip down sgnificantly like they did in the late 90's. |
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