David said (in part): > I know they make more profit with vehicles like this, but I sure wish the > automakers weren't so single-minded about what they build. So many SUVs > and crossovers!
The sell them because that's what A LOT of people want. People want a larger vehicle that can carry a bunch of stuff and people, and not take s shoehorn to get in and out of. Personally I am a fairly large guy and I practically have to fold myself in half to get in and out of my wife's Toyota Corolla. It's not bad once I'm inside, but getting in is a pain. In full disclosure, I drive a Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 crew cab pickup (which I fit into very well). I am NOT one of the guys with a big pickup that never gets it off road or carries stuff - I do NEED a full size 4x4 pickup often enough. I fully admit that it's a lousy single person commuting car, so I take public traffic almost any day that I don't have a need to drive. I have also been known to rent a more practical car for long distance drives when I didn't need the big truck. On a related side note, have you noticed how many police departments have switched to Ford Explorers? Now, part of that is because Ford stopped building the Crown Victoria (which practically owned that market for a lot of years). But the other part is how much stuff the average patrol car carries. With the last of our Crown Vic patrol cars, almost the entirety of the trunk was taken up with technology. Many departments removed the spare tire to make room, and would call a tow truck on the rare occasion that a tire needed to be changed out in the field. With the trunk full, the office would have to put all the stuff he used to be able to put in the trunk into the right front seat. The Explorers don't make as good of pursuit vehicles, but they are better for almost everything else. BTW, with all the stuff on an officer's belt, they appreciate the larger seats. 73 ----- Jim Walls - K6CCC [email protected] _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
