Large SUV sales up 6%

Give it time. Eventually, CAFE will regulate the large SUVs into a stranglehold that no auto manufacturer can get out of.

And, though it might make some people mad, I'd like to see legislation that outlaws the V-8. Period.

 

I don't believe it for a minute......

 

You would think regardless, people would still feel the sting of higher gas prices.

 

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It's probably not false, but I'll bet it is misleading. I heard the story and the figure was a 6% increase in the first quarter. First of all, in the first quarter gas prices were low from the pre-election drop that the controllers of the world gave us to try to retain Republican one-party rule. Many idiots who bought a car in the first quarter thought that $3 gas was just a fluke from the previous summer.

Second, they don't mention which quarter they increase is over. Is it the fourth quarter of 2006 (the previous quarter) or is it over the first quarter of 2006 (the same months one year earlier)?

Finally, SUV's are generally the only bright spot for the American auto industry (pick-up trucks may be another one) and reporting bad news for this segment would drive GM and Ford stock down even further. We're driving Priuses, many of us waited until it became established technology, and GM has a hybrid as a concept car. Why wouldn't ABC report some happy talk about SUV's?

 

Overall, there still seems to be a slow downward trend in SUV sales.

http://www.businessweek.com/autos/content/...opStories_ssi_5

If there is a quarterly increase in sales, hopefully it's just a blip.

Edit:

Apparently there IS about a 6% increase for the first quarter 2007, but it came after a 24% drop over 2004.

http://www.azstarnet.com/business/184073

 

It's just the Republicans fudging the statistics/numbers to calm fear over skyrocketing fuel prices. What a crock! Everyone I know is dumping their SUVs...