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Yes, when what's for sale is a handful of pick ups, a ton of SUVs and maybe one sedan, the sales will undoubtedly favor bigger vehicles. When the only new homes
by dfxm12 4y ago
Yes, when what's for sale is a handful of pick ups, a ton of SUVs and maybe one sedan, the sales will undoubtedly favor bigger vehicles. When the only new homes that are being built are sprawled out, that's where you'll live. If you can only get factory farmed food at the store, that's what you'll eat. People want what is marketed to them & what is found for sale. I'm not saying individuals aren't blame free here, but that they have less and less choice.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago> when you're increasingly only being given a choice between a pick up and an SUV, the sales will undoubtedly favor bigger cars. Source? As far as I can tell, Prius, Corolla, Camry, Civic, Accord, and a plethora of small vehicles have been easily available for purchase for decades. And continue to still be available.
- dfxm12 4y agoHave you tried to buy a car recently? It's one thing to say Toyota still makes a Carolla. That doesn't mean they're producing them as much as Tundras. That doesn't mean you can go to your car dealer and just buy one. My girlfriend had to get a car 2 weeks ago. No one at the automall had regular sedans. She had to settle for a gas guzzling SUV because that's all that's available. Again, consumers don't have the choice you seem to think they do.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoSales from the last 20+ years without supply chain disruptions is more representative of people’s preferences than sales during a unique 2 year period with industry wide supply issues.
- dfxm12 4y agoIn recent years, it's more of a function of SUV/truck production far outpacing car production: https://www.detroitchamber.com/covid19/north-american-car-and-truck-production https://www.detroitchamber.com/covid19/north-american-car-an... Go back far enough and you'll see that people bought more cars (because more cars were for sale).
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- lotsofpulp 4y agoWhich way is the causation? Unless there is collusion amongst all automakers to make more bigger vehicles, I would assume carmakers are making what people want. Outside of Covid supply chain, I have never heard of people being unable to buy cars and having to settle for SUV/pickup trucks.
- dragonwriter 4y agoIt was originally automakers desire to exploit regulatory loopholes in a series of safety, economy, and tax regulations by exploiting exceptions meant for commercial-uss light trucks but crafted in exploitable manners. (Different exploits, across the industry, drove minivans and then SUVs to popularity, then also large SUVs in particular.) But the advertising campaigns designed to get people on board with what it was most convenient for manufacturers to deliver had a lasting impact on demand even after most of the regulations the classes of vehicle were meant to exploit were closed. (Also, the presence of lots of large vehicles on the road caused by that makes it worse for smaller vehicles, so it becomes self-reinforcing once in place.)
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- micahdeath 4y agoThere are things you can't do in small cars or cars in general. Hauling gravel to fix your drive, lumber and such. Children require seats too. When you commute with other people it requires more space also. (I'm not in a city and required to do several things myself.)
- scythe 4y agoThe existing regulations are a lot looser if you can classify it as a light truck. In Australia people drive very small "pickup cars" (there's another word for it) because it's not necessary to exploit a bad law. Perverse incentives killed the station wagon.