Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
Originally Posted By: yeti
kelpie's recent post is excellent.in case this hasn't been posted -- a michigan guy started a website re: the alabama senator opposing the big 3 loan. interesting.
http://www.boycottalabamanow.com
That is a bunch of horse manure.
"Fact: The Big Three do build the right products. Many 2009 domestic models have received many awards. In 2008, the Chevy Malibu was named North American Car of the Year, and the Cadillac CTS was Motor Trend’s 2008 Car of the Year. In 2007, the Saturn Aura and Chevy Silverado won North American Car and Truck of the year. Those awards are given and judged by automotive journalists."
Try again. FACT: the Honda Civic passed the Ford F150 as the best selling car in America; the next best selling vehicles past the F150 being the Accord, Camry, and Corolla.
The latest FACT:
Those numbers were during the stampede to purchase small cars thanks to high fuel prices. If Forbes can be believed here are the numbers as of the first week of December -
2008 sales (first 11 months):
No. 1 Ford F-Series - 473,933
No. 2 Chevrolet Silverado - 431,725
No. 3 Toyota Camry - 411,342
No. 4 Honda Civic - 352,248
No. 5 Honda Accord - 350,638
No. 6 Toyota Corolla/Matrix - 328,878
No. 7 Nissan Altima - 252,357
No. 8 Chevrolet Impala - 244,692
No. 9 Dodge Ram - 229,222
No. 10 Ford Focus - 184,152
http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/03/best-ca...thisSpeed=30000
People buy small cars when they believe they're being forced into it financially. If fuel is < $3+- a gallon they're a lot less interested.
That also explains why Prius and other "green" cars sales dropped by about 1/2 in October/November...
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/12/us-sales-of-hyb.html