Consumers say FU to SUVs
- by Pixel
This makes me happy in the pants:
- Sales of the perennial best-selling SUV, the Ford Explorer, dropped by 58% compared with September 2004. Its larger kin, the Ford Expedition, which gets 14 mpg in city driving, saw sales drop 61%. Ford stopped producing its even larger SUV, the Excursion, last month.
- GM’s full-size SUVs, due to be replaced with more fuel-efficient models next year, fell 56%. Sales of its Hummer H2– so heavy it doesn’t fall under the EPA’s fuel-mileage ratings system — were off by 31%, but the brand’s smaller new SUV, the H3, is off to a brisk start. It’s rated at 16 mpg in city driving.
- Toyota moved 46% fewer of its immense Sequoia sport-utilities, rated at 15 mpg city, and sales of its smaller SUVs were off sharply as well. Sales of Honda’s largest SUV, the Pilot, fell 26%. Nissan sold 20% fewer of its 13-mpg Armadas.
The fact that this is a question makes me suicidal in the pants:
And this makes me want to cry and kill some kittens (no sick internet referrence intended)… in the pants:
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This makes me happy in the pants: Sales of the perennial best-selling SUV, the Ford Explorer, dropped by 58% compared with September 2004. Its larger kin, the Ford Expedition, which gets 14 mpg in city driving, saw sales drop 61%. Ford stopped producing its even larger SUV, the Excursion, last month. GM’s full-size SUVs, due…
Once again you’ve spoken my mind. Are you like telepathic or something? Or do you have a satelite uplink into my brain? Are you working with the communists? Damn you, damn you all.
My parents were trying to sell their Ford Expedition a month ago and weren’t able to get much. Hopefully people will buy more hybrids. I think the toyota prius is actually pretty nice myself.