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Originally Posted by theunchosen
Seriously. . .I will say this again. Every major newspaper has ahd an article within the last 6 months that regardless of gas price trends people still buy mostly SUVs. virtually every other car here is an SUV and I know its worse in other areas.
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And you really think those newspaper articles weren't written & paid for by the US auto industry? Check the actual sales figures, or think about which automakers are running to the government for handouts, and which are doing ok despite the sales downturn.
For the sake of argument, I'll concede that Tennessee (I think that must be what you mean by "TN", no?) may have a different auto-buying demographic than Northern Nevada does, but around here roughly 1/4 to 1/3 of the cars on the roads would qualify as SUVs or "full-size" pickups. You do see quite a few of the smaller 4WDs - Subarus, the older Toyota small pickups - because the winter snow can get deep in the mountains. Priuses are common, as are most other smaller cars.