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LafnLion discovered 2 months ago- Another article about SUV drivers finding it next to impossible to dump their giant monstrosities so they can afford to buy something practical. All bad things have some silver lining - the American obsession with giant trucks is being destroyed. I'd call that gold.
- hamishk rated 8 weeks ago
- From the page: "The sale of new SUVs and pickup trucks has dropped precipitously in recent months amid soaring gas prices and a weakening economy: SUV sales for the month of April alone fell 32.3 percent from a year earlier and small car sales rose 18.6 percent. This fundamental shift comes against a backdrop of relentless gas increases, and growing concerns over the environment and US oil consumption, according to auto analysts and car dealers."
At least there is one good result of the gas crunch. - From the page: "The sale of new SUVs and pickup trucks has dropped precipitously in recent months amid soaring gas prices and a weakening economy: SUV sales for the month of April alone fell 32.3 percent from a year earlier and small car sales rose 18.6 percent. This fundamental shift comes against a backdrop of relentless gas increases, and growing concerns over the environment and US oil consumption, according to auto analysts and car dealers."
- sap-sandwich rated 2 months ago
- Lol pwned. "The SUV craze was a bubble and now it is bursting," said George Hoffer, an economics professor at Virginia Commonwealth University whose research focuses on the automotive industry. "It's an irrational vehicle. It'll never come back."
- Koliedrus rated 2 months ago
- Cheap parts goldmine looms large as SUVs become sources of processed resources. I predict a market for these monsters. That is, buying them for cheap and using their parts. Perhaps stripping out the parts that make them "transportation", installing solar panels and turning them in to homeless shelters. Ridiculous thoughts about ridiculous contraptions...
