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Originally Posted by BigAls87Z28
First off, lets dispell the myths.
1) Private Jets. EVERY CEO HAS A PRIVATE JET!! All the clowns from the fiancials that were put in front of the same commitee all flew there on private planes. Was it a bad PR move? Yeah. Did it need to be brought up? No, not at all.
2) The Big 3 did not see the forcoming fuel crisis and kept making SUV's. Well then neither did Toyota, Honda or Nissan. Lets look back in the 5 years. Toyota has upsized its Tacoma and Tundra, and then it moved its SUV's in size as well with the Sequia growing from the size of a large Explorer to bigger then a Suburban. Also included would be the Lexus variants. Lets also not forget Toyota doubling its line up with SUV's. Rav4, Highlander, 4Runner, Land Cruiser, FJ Cruiser and Sequia.
Honda has also added an 7 passanger SUV AND a "half ton" Pick up.
Nissian has also brought in the Titan, Armada (like a fleet of ships) and upsized the Pathfinder now with a V8, Xterra, Fronteer, and added to smaller SUV's the Roque and Murano.
So they didnt "forsee" any sort of gas crisis. Toyota used thier trucks to to built up thier sales. And if you can imagine what profit GM makes off UAW-built Suburbans, imagine the profit on a Sequia built in a non union plant in the deep south. Toyota couldnt stay away, neither could Nissian.
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1. Did it need to be brought up? eh, I think I would've understanding it probably costs them $20k+ to fly that thing to & from Detroit, now if they filled up that jet with dozens of their own people then it shouldn't be an issue. If it was just the CEO on the plane it sounds a little more disturbing that he couldn't just fly commercial. Its just too easy to point out wastefulness in this case & it definitely didn't help their case.
2. I totally agree, Toyota has gone larger & larger with their vehicles because they know they sell