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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Pickups and road barges are the most profitable products they make. Whether they will have hell to pay depends on whether they act like that market will be around forever or they invest the profits in advanced R&D for the vehicles we will need in 2030 and beyond.
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Well then... we're in for "the bailout part deux" or trois for Chrysler because history shows that GM, Ford and Chrysler as slow on the uptake.
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As to people parking the big vehicles, I just drove a Yukon XL from Ohio to Cape Cod and averaged 23 mpg on the highway with 7 passengers and all the luggage... and did it cruising at about 75 mph for most of the drive. Not too shabby. A friend just bought a new F150 with the 6 cyl ecoboost, took it to see his folks in Kentucky and averaged 24 mpg. For blended driving he's averaging 20.6 right now.. again... not too shabby. Hard to park or get rid of 24mpg to pick up maybe 8-10 mpg on the highway in a smaller vehicle.