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Originally Posted by olrocker
Mustang Coupe sales are actually up quite a bit over the last year. I don’t have the numbers with me right now but in the last couple weeks it was kind of big news in the automotive news world.
Dodge is getting much better response now that the Hurricane is in the Charger as the EV Charger might have been the biggest flop since Edsel. And folks are still clamoring for a return of the Hemi, which all signs point to them putting it in there.
So with the reduced demand for EV, the changes in emissions, and I think a general malaise about boring SUVs everywhere you look, theres a market for a 2 door, V8 coupe
There’s also a market for a full size, body on frame off road SUV that Bronco and Wrangler own but GM chose to put the Blazer name on a unibody, FWD based soccer mom grocery getter.
So hopefully GM learned their mistake on that one.
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I agree, but I do think we have a larger underlying "problem" that caused SUV's to increase in demand.
Things are very expensive, and it's been magnified since 2020.
Years ago the sports and muscle car market was far more youth driven. Now, a young person barely scraping by can't spend 50k on a 2 doors sports car, especially in an area with a snowier climate where you can't use it for months out of the year.
Performance oriented SUV's have the appeal of being the best of both worlds. Drive your kids to school and run 12's on the way home. Obviously, they aren't cheap either, but one could argue they are more practical.
Anyway, the car scene has really changed in the last 10 years or so.
When I bought my 2014 Mustsng things were BOOMING car wise.
Z/28, ZL-1, GT500 (with GT350 pending), 392, Hellcats, new C7 Vette, Chevy SS, 6th gen coming, S550 coming...but I digress.