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REPORT: 9 of Top 10 clunkers being traded in are large trucks

The fickle nature of the American consumer is on obvious display in car dealerships across the country right now. With the government sponsoring a giant garage cleaning through the CARS ("cash for clunkers") program, people are taking old vehicles and turning them into new ones, with a fancy $4,500 check attached. Now that CARS has been active for a short while, early numbers are in: the trucks and SUVs that were so incredibly popular just a few years ago are being dumped by the thousands for smaller, more efficient vehicles. According ... Read more →

Large vehicle sales collapse extends to Europe, SUVs down 44% in 2008 Sam Abuelsamid

By now we all know that the market for large trucks and SUVs has become a black hole for both U.S. and Japanese automakers here on this side of the Atlantic. It looks like the same holds true over on ...

Ford SUV assembly plant workers get 9-week unplanned vacation Sam Abuelsamid

Ford has seen the writing on the wall for sales of the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size SUVs. Both vehicles are built at the Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, MI and sales of both have tanked ...

GM launches big incentives on hybrid SUVs Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery To go along with the advertising push that General Motors is planning on for its large hybrid SUVs is news that the automaker will increase incentives on ...

REPORT: 9 of Top 10 clunkers being traded in are large trucks 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The fickle nature of the American consumer is on obvious display in car dealerships across the country right now. With the government sponsoring a giant garage cleaning through the CARS ("cash for clunkers") program, people are taking old vehicles and turning them into new ones, with a fancy ...

Large vehicle sales collapse extends to Europe, SUVs down 44% in 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

By now we all know that the market for large trucks and SUVs has become a black hole for both U.S. and Japanese automakers here on this side of the Atlantic. It looks like the same holds true over on the continent where fuel prices have approached $10 a gallon in many places. Much like the U.S. ...

Ford SUV assembly plant workers get 9-week unplanned vacation 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford has seen the writing on the wall for sales of the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size SUVs. Both vehicles are built at the Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, MI and sales of both have tanked this year. With gas at $4/gallon 37 percent fewer buyers have decided that a Navigator is a must ...

GM launches big incentives on hybrid SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery To go along with the advertising push that General Motors is planning on for its large hybrid SUVs is news that the automaker will increase incentives on its largest models, including its full-size hybrids for the first time ever. Current owners of a ...


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