This morning on the news I heard them talking about the "Big Three". GM Ford and Chrysler...They were discussing the woes of the automakers's sales. The comment was made pertaining to them making the "vehicles people want"...
I don't understand this statement...I understand that the big three does not have the cars that perhaps Toyota, Honda, and Nissan has. But what they have had is a line of vehicles that have been selling very well until the price of gas jumped up. Consumers can be so fickle in a heartbeat. Thier tastes can change in a blink of an eye and a manufacturer can be left out in the cold.
I understand that they make more money on the bigger trucks/suvs and so forth, but wouldn't you ?
Today I had lunch at the local cattle auction. I didn't see one hybrid pulling a 40 foot cattle trailer. All around me were TRUCKS BIG TRUCKS...DIESEL TRUCKS....
Down the street from me is a camping trailer place...some of these rigs could be pulled by 1/2 ton trucks and maybe a smaller vehicle if it was just pop up trailer type of camper....but most of the camper are huge with multi slide outs and they need to be pulled by big trucks or suburbans...
These guys were enjoying record sales of campers until the price hike of gas. I have seen many campers for sale, too. But all the local campgrounds are full !!!!
So once again, "build vehicles that America wants"....does everybody want a hybrid ???
I would be interested in your comments...
mark the shoeshine boy
I don't understand this statement...I understand that the big three does not have the cars that perhaps Toyota, Honda, and Nissan has. But what they have had is a line of vehicles that have been selling very well until the price of gas jumped up. Consumers can be so fickle in a heartbeat. Thier tastes can change in a blink of an eye and a manufacturer can be left out in the cold.
I understand that they make more money on the bigger trucks/suvs and so forth, but wouldn't you ?
Today I had lunch at the local cattle auction. I didn't see one hybrid pulling a 40 foot cattle trailer. All around me were TRUCKS BIG TRUCKS...DIESEL TRUCKS....
Down the street from me is a camping trailer place...some of these rigs could be pulled by 1/2 ton trucks and maybe a smaller vehicle if it was just pop up trailer type of camper....but most of the camper are huge with multi slide outs and they need to be pulled by big trucks or suburbans...
These guys were enjoying record sales of campers until the price hike of gas. I have seen many campers for sale, too. But all the local campgrounds are full !!!!
So once again, "build vehicles that America wants"....does everybody want a hybrid ???
I would be interested in your comments...
mark the shoeshine boy