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Old 09-06-2008, 07:17 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PA32R View Post
A very interesting analysis. But someone is paying to have Sarah Palin become a household word and make her attractive to the voting public. Who will pay to make the Boxfish desirable? Car companies pay Madison Avenue to make the cars they already make or will make desirable, they're not motivated to spend money to make people adopt a new way of evaluating automobiles. Two years ago, it was all about power. Now, it's all about fuel efficiency. Yet it's the same vehicles being advertised.
That's because the vehicles for sale TODAY were planned 2 years ago. Come 2011 I expect the available inventory to reflect what we are experiencing today. Not many industries can change product focus overnight. So, you sell what you've got or you close up shop.
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