Topic: Car sales down , truck & SUV up

[Ex-airbalancer]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/auto-sales-united-states-1.4188693

[EV-Light]

We are experiencing the death of the sedan - the same way Americans killed wagons and hatchbacks. I'd expect a SUV dominance in 5y with auto companies churning away investment from other body styles.

Same trend is following in Europe, but in a smaller scale for now.


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[Fobroader]

Thats the sad part....I really like luxo barges like the Genesis and the Lexus LS series and I am saddened that I will not be able to live out my old age clogging the fast lane of Florida in one at 20mph under the limit 

[aquadorhj]

We are experiencing the death of the sedan - the same way Americans killed wagons and hatchbacks. I'd expect a SUV dominance in 5y with auto companies churning away investment from other body styles.

Same trend is following in Europe, but in a smaller scale for now.


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funny thing is, all these "SUV"s are now getting smaller and smaller, becoming essentially a slightly taller wagons.

MB GLC is shorter in height than Honda's CRV.  alot of the CUVs just have elongated cabin height-wise, but is not really any higher than most sedans.  maybe half inch to an inch?

basically, they are just calling hatchbacks or wagons with liftkits an SUV and they sell boatloads!!! (Mazda CX3 anyone?  Subaru Outback?  Subaru Crosstrack? Audi Allroads?  VW alltrack?)   

oneday, it will be so low as to be indistinguishable from regular sedans... and sedans will be back in fashion again.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Old farts don't bend, so they want a taller car. It ends up being a styling trend.

Cars from the 1940s and early 1950s were as tall as CUVs are today





The 1950s were the start of "longer, lower wider" which petered out by the 1980s.



CUVs/SUVs are just reverting to the older form factor.