3/4 or 1 ton SUV ?
Crazy question. We loved our Travel trailer. Weight 6,100 lbs. Length 28 foot. Towed it with Dodge Durango V8. Never had an issue towing. Recently moved to 5th wheel keeping it as seasonal for now. Do...
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Dadoffourgirls wrote:
At the end of the day, my $22k off rental Express 2wd can tow the same 9500lb travel trailer.
And do I miss my 2500 Yukon XL with the 8.1? Absolutely not. The Express does the same job, and almost 40% more efficient.
Directly above your post, I acknowledged that a van IS the most economical way to move a large number of people and tow a good size trailer.
And to your point about GM still making HD subs, I believe you could be right and I'm all wet, maybe. I still think the demand is there and read something in the past about CAFE standards and how SUVs are classified with the passenger vehicles (cars) and take away from the aggregate fuel mileage averages in that class. So with that, the attractiveness to sell large fuel guzzler SUVs and get penalized when "many" of those customers would go buy a new crew cab HD truck instead and the mfgs wouldn't have a larger challenge with mileage standards.
ICBW, but I don't think big SUVs went the way of the dinosaur because of lack of demand.
