American New Car Buyers Downsizing (Because There Is No Choice Of Fuel - TACH Says)

With today’s oil speculators, monopolists and criminal traitors forcing up both Domestic and Imported oil and gasoline prices to a once-again usurious and war profiteering level by misappropriating the actions of brave Arab citizens risking their all to get out from under the thumb of their country’s dictators. I thought it now a good time to re-publish this article on how Americans are being forced into buying cars and trucks that won't ever meet their practical, emotional and economic needs, by these same foreign OPEC despots and "our own" domestic oil executives (See: Thank Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity and Prager for Rising Gasoline Prices) isn't it time to get pissed Americans, time to get really pissed!

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Originally Published July 13, 2010;

But First Snide's Remarks"After seeing this article I was re-pissed, once again the real reason for downsizing has been diluted by oil company dispersant. It's not the size of the vehicle that matters, it's what powers it. When we all have a choice of big cars powered by domestic non-OPEC based fuel, size won't matter and it shouldn't.

We believe that our friend, American Patriot T. Boone Pickens, missed a great opportunity when he didn't buy American built Hummer and have them all powered by domestic and plentiful CNG, which could have been made available at every Hummer dealership in North America (hows that for CRM?). Hey this is America and Canada - We live in big countries and need BIG! What do you think? msnide@theautochannel.com"

Washington DC July 13, 2010; The AIADA newsletter reported that as Americans emerge from recession, they are buying smaller, more fuel-efficient, and less ostentatious cars.

A major shift has taken place since the end of 2007, right before the spike in fuel prices early in 2008. "We've got people trading Lexuses for Camrys," said Ernie Sims, executive vice president of Al Hendrickson Toyota in Coconut Creek, Fla.

Automotive News said that cars are outselling light trucks, taking 53.4 percent of the market in the first half of the year. SUVs have fallen more than any other segment to 7.9 percent, from 12.8 percent. The crossovers that look like SUVs but with better mileage have grown by 5.2 share points. "When gas prices spiked [in 2008] and manufacturers dropped big incentives on high-end trucks, consumers felt burned and SUVs got hit real hard," said George Magliano, a forecaster for IHS Automotive.

The growth in car sales is all at the lower end. The small-car category commanded 13.8 percent of the U.S. market in the first half of this year. Mid-sized cars held 30.3 percent of the market.

But consumers are not necessarily choosing cheaper vehicles. Transaction prices are rising. Equipment levels and technology content are higher in even the smallest models, manufacturers say. "When consumers downsize, they don't leave behind the options, content and features they had," said George Pipas, chief sales analyst for Ford.