The Paris show floor is full of shiny new SUVs. But the conversation and the gossip is full of stories of the whole SUV thing driving deeply into the mire.
One story goes that just 18 months ago one British car industry executive bought himself a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. Feeling flush, he’d specced enough extras to take it towards £90,000.
Recently he got fed up with the fuel bills and tried to sell it back to the dealer. Who bare-facedly offered him 18 grand and not a penny more.
Meanwhile Ford people in the US watched SUV sales stay pretty robust as the petrol price climbed through $2.00, then $2.50, then $3.00 a gallon. Then it hit $3.50 and they were aghast to see the SUV business fall off a cliff.
They reckon it’s because suddenly the price of refuelling the average big SUV went past $100. And pumps have a $100 limit, so you have to swipe your card twice. A Ford big cheese told me, “That sure got everyone’s attention.”
It really is cop yourself on time, big petrol engined SUV is dead. I think similar stupid cars like the Q7 V12 (at £90k a pop; are you mad?) diesel will soon follow. Especially in the USA where the obsessed love affair with the red-neck pick-up truck was/is just bonkers.
I’d rather spend on fuel which is energy than on climate science raper hippies, but more to that point, fuel was 80p or so in the fifty’s which is a much higher 90 green per barrel once its inflation conferred so fuel is not unlawfully priced by Chinese filling their bare necessities after a popular goo log lifestyle among some unimportant other factions responsible for that. So the next time if someone feels bad they can crash on the wall in a hippie Prius and eminently die hard just as so that most toyatas on sale will meet with a accident since there are many but for the record it retains the most fatality probability inside them in motor accidents since there are hippies in them.
It’s not even $100. Where I live it’s $75. And you have to verify your card for the second swipe.
firstly, “bfg”- WTF?!
Secondly, bout time, I hate SUV’s pointless ugly cars. Time to move back to the family sedan or wagon. And on fuel- HYDROGEN- is it ready yet? I mean, You could have the conversion at home, and pump the gas straight in your car. Or do the whole lot in the car, and plug it in to power your house when you’re home. Honda..they’ll take over the world….just you wait.
In the immortal words of Jeremy F. Clarksodious, I rather eat that $100 bucks in coins.. Pennies preferably… Its a better way to spend that $100..
Hi guys.
bfg: you have a point about inflation. On several occasions in the past, fuel has been more expensive, real terms, than it is now. Don’t quite see why hippies are more vulnerable than anyone else though, assuming equal accident severity in equal vehicle.
Suter: yes, fuel has been dropping lately, but SUV buyers still seem to be spooked.
Good. I hate these stupid tall ‘multi purpose vehicles’ the sooner they are scrapped and turned into proper saloon cars the better.
Faaaaantastic. Now im not the most eco friendly person but i agree that SUV’s take gas-guzzling too far. If a car has to guzzle gas it must be fast or able to move large amounts of people/cargo. Also, i reckon that if people want a “high driving position” then they can go drive a truck. So, goodbye SUV’s and hello saloon cars and proper 4X4′s.
*sigh*
As an American living in the Deep South, I can assure you all that the love affair with those big behemoth SUVs is far from over. Sure, there are many more up for sale in the trades than before, but most folks have just been driving less, rather than downsizing to something more sensible.
And when they do drive, they still waft well over the speed limit, yakking on their cell phones and generally being a menace to their fellow citizens.
I like to heart that Paris enjoy SUVs. I think all american people like this powerfull car. In my
car serviceSUV – my favotite car.Oh…look at my service in seattle
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