Nov. 10, 2006 - As gas prices have plunged since topping $3 a gallon this summer, a startling shift is taking place in the car market. Hybrid sales are slowing and SUV sales are speeding up.
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Time to buy that Hummer! Seriously, what are gases prices doing in your region now that the election's over?
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THE Hummer / SUV Thread pt 2 (merged)
Americans switch back to SUVs from hybrids
by Lokutus » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 14:37:08
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Reason: Merged with THE Hummer / SUV Thread pt 2.
Reason: Merged with THE Hummer / SUV Thread pt 2.
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Re: Americans switch back to SUVs from hybrids
by mekrob » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 14:45:13
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')Seriously, what are gases prices doing in your region now that the election's over?
')Seriously, what are gases prices doing in your region now that the election's over?
Up.
http://www.northcarolinagasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx
And for the US, as well. However, this actually started a couple of days before the election.
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Re: Americans switch back to SUVs from hybrids
by Lokutus » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 14:54:10
Gases prices?
What will arrive first? Peak Oil or the Second Coming? My money is now on the latter.
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Re: Americans switch back to SUVs from hybrids
by AgentR » Sat 11 Nov 2006, 15:56:50
Up by 6 cents from the bottom.
And, to the topic, this is exactly how one should expect the market to respond. People are willing to accept a certain current cost per mile in gasoline, and they make that decision when they go into the car dealership to buy their next vehicle. Its why I think at $4 and $5 there will be some very radical shifts in buying patterns; not of people getting rid of cars ahead of time, but just in the average 3-5 yr replacement cycle.
Even myself, if I were to behave as do my peers, I have a 5 yr old minivan; I'm expected to trade it in and get a new one, or get something different, but definately get a new vehicle. Emotionally, at the moment, I feel much less urgency to get a more efficient vehicle; but when gas was over $3, I really did stop in to a Toyota dealership to see if they had any of those Yaris things in stock; just to look at, mind you. I think I'll wait though and stay on plan, drive the minivan for ten years, then get a new car. Maybe BMW will have managed to get one of their cooler looking Euro models into America by then.
And, to the topic, this is exactly how one should expect the market to respond. People are willing to accept a certain current cost per mile in gasoline, and they make that decision when they go into the car dealership to buy their next vehicle. Its why I think at $4 and $5 there will be some very radical shifts in buying patterns; not of people getting rid of cars ahead of time, but just in the average 3-5 yr replacement cycle.
Even myself, if I were to behave as do my peers, I have a 5 yr old minivan; I'm expected to trade it in and get a new one, or get something different, but definately get a new vehicle. Emotionally, at the moment, I feel much less urgency to get a more efficient vehicle; but when gas was over $3, I really did stop in to a Toyota dealership to see if they had any of those Yaris things in stock; just to look at, mind you. I think I'll wait though and stay on plan, drive the minivan for ten years, then get a new car. Maybe BMW will have managed to get one of their cooler looking Euro models into America by then.
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Re: Americans switch back to SUVs from hybrids
by emersonbiggins » Sun 12 Nov 2006, 00:20:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', ' ')Maybe BMW will have managed to get one of their cooler looking Euro models into America by then.
I wouldn't look for any BMW 1 or 2 series coming to the states anytime soon. The Germans don't mind getting hit with the manufacturer 'gas guzzler' tax, and gladly keep paying it just to maintain the upscale status of their American branding program. Cachet is everything.
Anyways, you can always grab a Mini.
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Re: Hum Hum
by Tanada » Tue 01 May 2007, 07:16:01
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')Hummer Shows Signs of Losing Its Swagger
Source: New York Times
[May 20, 2004]
SYNOPSIS: General Motor's Hummer H2 gets half the fuel economy of a 1915 Ford Model T. a d v e r t i s e r
g o o g l e
DETROIT, May 16 — Like other Hummer dealers, Jim Lynch is spending millions of dollars to erect a giant glass and steel Quonset hut in Chesterfield, Mo., to replace his dealership near St. Louis. General Motors is insisting that its Hummer dealers plant these fortresses in chic suburbs across America, each announced by a 35-foot-tall "H" out front.
But most dealers are undertaking the ambitious construction project just as Hummer, the loudest and proudest of the giant American sport utility vehicles, has shown signs of losing its swagger.
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')Hummer Shows Signs of Losing Its Swagger
Source: New York Times
[May 20, 2004]
SYNOPSIS: General Motor's Hummer H2 gets half the fuel economy of a 1915 Ford Model T. a d v e r t i s e r
g o o g l e
DETROIT, May 16 — Like other Hummer dealers, Jim Lynch is spending millions of dollars to erect a giant glass and steel Quonset hut in Chesterfield, Mo., to replace his dealership near St. Louis. General Motors is insisting that its Hummer dealers plant these fortresses in chic suburbs across America, each announced by a 35-foot-tall "H" out front.
But most dealers are undertaking the ambitious construction project just as Hummer, the loudest and proudest of the giant American sport utility vehicles, has shown signs of losing its swagger.
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Made me think of the hummer dealership in the Oilcrash movie.
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