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Originally Posted by Jim Altemus
A Tahoe to an Aveo is a bit extreme, no? GM should have introduced all the crossovers they were going to introduce 3-5 years ago. Crossovers are a transitional body style and I'm concerned that GM will go all-in with them while buyers (and GM's competitors) have already adjusted to cars and station wagons.
There always was and there will always be a market for body on frame SUVs and crossovers, only now those markets are going to be the niches they once were for the original Suburban and Blazer.
- Jim
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Yes I know, but it sounds like your suggesting that everytime someone buys a new vehicle they will downgrade to a smaller and smaller vehicle. I just don't see it happening, people love large vehicles. I don't know about station wagons either, when was the last time anyone made a station wagon? About 12 years ago? What I would like to see is another Buick Roadmaster.
Maybe traditional suv's will largely disappear, but people will continue to buy crossovers like the Saturn Vue and Buick Enclave since they like the fuel economy these vehicles offer while keeping the traits everyone loves of suv's. I said it a million times, if they added a 2-Mode system to these vehicles they would get close if not 30 MPG combined. I don't know what crossover GM has thats body on frame, but most of GM's crossovers are uni-body. Which is the future for most owners.
If your point is that only a few people will own BOF SUV's in the future I agree, if you believe that crossovers will disappear and people will go back to buying station wagons and cars I disagree.
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Originally Posted by Jim Altemus
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Do you see how bad the economy currently is? Of course less people are going to buy CUV's. When the economy picks up again people will buy them again.