Posted on 06/17/2009 4:27:24 PM PDT by pissant
If you've got your eye on a new SUV, don't blink.
It might be gone. Even with the auto industry mired in depression – sales are down nationally 36.5 percent – big vehicles such as the Ford Expedition and Chevy Tahoe are in tight supply because of drastic production cuts that automakers imposed last year as sales began to plummet.
Now, a year after $4-a-gallon gas nearly killed SUVs, some dealers in this market are selling them for window-sticker prices. Moreover, most late-model used pickups and SUVs have regained all of the thousands of dollars in trade-in value they lost last summer, dealers say.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
Are fools!!!
I had read somewhere that for the last 10-15 years, the big money makers for the US Auto groups have not been the cars.
You’re liable to get a Kia these days in a Cracker Jacks box.
The big money makers have been the trucks.
I should have specified truck and he is buying it used not brand new.
Does the hemi really improve performance that much? Just curious :)
I should’ve added in a car used for just driving and hauling, not racing :)
He test drove one with a hemi and he hasn’t been the same since. I think its because my Durango outruns his truck and he’s just looking to one up me...;^)
Can get anyone an X-plan with Ford. Just need name, address and last 4 digits of SS security number. It just takes a couple of minutes, and saves $$$.
un-American-asian-vehicle?
un-American-asian-vehicle?
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