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Automotive News & Views What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?
8694 messages, Last post on Dec 07, 2009 at 6:51 PM
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Replying to: nippononly (Aug 04, 2009 10:12 pm) So far, they can get away with it because most of the competition don't take themselves seriously. Toyota doesn't help by overpricing their cars either, but people are willing to pay it, it seems, even for the Yaris and Fit. Besides, NO ONE takes GM and the Aveo/Cobalt seriously...I don't even think GM does yet. They've always had trouble taking that segment seriously, and while the Cruze might have fixed that a bit, it's been postponed indefinitely. While Focus, Elantra and Sentra (not even mentioning Civic and Corolla) walk all over the Cobalt. Aveo actually does a bit better competition wise than Cobalt (Doesn't stand up too bad with Accent and Versa, and tends to rate better than Yaris) does but it's still not there yet, and Fiesta is going to rip it to shreds next year.
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Aug 05, 2009 2:27 am) Sales could be rosier for Honda though. "Although almost all of American Honda Motor Co. Inc.'s models made buyers eligible for cash-for-clunkers rebates, Honda still couldn't pull out of its recent sales doldrums, recording July sales down 17.3 percent compared with last year." AutoObserver
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 05, 2009 5:44 am)
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Aug 05, 2009 6:01 am) Some of y'all may want to drop in on this Edmunds Answers question from someone comparing the Suzuki SX4, Nissan Cube, VW Rabbit and Toyota Yaris.
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Replying to: steve_ (Aug 05, 2009 6:14 am) |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Aug 05, 2009 2:27 am) And no, I am not a Yaris fanboy.
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Replying to: tifighter (Aug 05, 2009 6:57 am)  Mind you i don't like the Aveo either...I think the Accent and Versa are the pinnacle of subcompact-ness. |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Aug 05, 2009 2:27 am) I'm not fan of the Aveo, but that's pretty brutal. Isn't the Aveo the best seller in the subcompact segment? Sales aren't everything, but surely they mean something.
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Replying to: ateixeira (Aug 05, 2009 8:35 am)
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Aug 05, 2009 9:09 am) Plus they're built in Korea for probably not a whole lot of $$$.
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