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Old 07-24-2008, 07:54 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
The problem, I think, is that the US auto industry has come to believe its own advertising. Because of the loophole that let them put car bodies on truck chassis and call them trucks, they started heavily selling the SUV - and now they think that's what everyone wants.
I think you have something there. Add to that argument, the fact car builders make a lot more $$ on those high-line SUVs <4 fold down DVD screens, 3 cupholders per seat, 2 climate control zones, a navigation sys, and electric butt wipers> than they ever could/did on econoboxes.
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