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[–] 1 point 3 hours ago (2 children)

Y'know if they hadn't killed off all of their fuel efficient sedan models they'd have a fuel efficient small car to offer the people shocked by gas prices...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago (1 child)

    People really weren't buying those though. It's a hot take, but I think they made the right choice on that one. They followed it up with the wrong choice to not develop hybrid wagons/cross overs. I don't think anyone saw the return of the minivan.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 minutes ago

    People stopped buying sedans because the car industry made a concerted effort to demarket them. They've been pushing SUVs for nearly 30 years, trying really hard to get people to stop buying sedans and were too successful. Now there's a fuel crisis and no sedans in production (from American brands at least) so the manufacturers are getting caught with their pants down again

    I do wonder if the fleet market is sufficient to keep both sedans and vans in production, since each makes a very competent fleet vehicle platform for different usecases, see the venerable Crown Victoria for example

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