Growth of Midsize Pickup Trucks
Noticed the chart below from Pickup Trucks.com, that the Midsize segment continues to expand, and that includes older models, not just the newly introduced "twins" vehicles? Seeing fuel prices are l...
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ShinerBock wrote:RobertRyan wrote:
The Twins are roughly half the size of Tacoma sales that are increasing as well ,not at "similar rates", they were only introduced just recently into a stagnant and dying Midsize market.. This in a period of low fuel prices, quite incredible. People want choice that SUV's are not providing
Read what I said over again because I don't think you understood it based on your response. The midsize segment as a whole is not growing any differently than the growth of the fullsize trucks in the last 5 years since the recession. If you look at the NADA data, the CUV, SUV, and pickup markets are the only markets growing and it is the car and van markets that are shrinking. Although I have a hard time believing that you know what the US market wants to be able to say anything about it.
No it is not staying still despite low fuel prices, but growing. The introduction of the diesel and higher fuel prices definitely will speed up that growth
