The problem with your argument is that just about every foreign car
company does offer roadsters. Even the latest concept cars from American
car companies include roadsters. People do want them. Same with
convertibles. 15 years ago, how many convertibles or roadsters did you
see? Only old ones.
Now I see both, all day long. Besides that, the government is going to
start taxing SUVs as passenger vehicles rather than trucks. Once they do
that, the prices will rise and people will loose interest. Remember the
minivan? Once it seemed everyone owned one. Now they're a lot less
common, replaced by SUVs.
I've always been a station wagon owner myself. My only non-British iron
is a 1993 Buick Roadmaster wagon.
"Paul J. Burr" wrote:
>
> Why?
>
> Because a lot people want glorified station wagons!
> Think about it . The entire SUV craze comes down to selling 4 wheel drive
> stain wagons to people who think they're too cool to been seen dead in a
> wagon.
> You get sold the image of a rugged off road truck. The reality is that most
> these owners "off - roading" happens when they flip them over going around
> corners that ANY car could handle with ease. SUV owners always chime in
> with: " I got 4 drive for the snow!" C'mon!!!
> Here in the Northeast, how many days of the year are you going to use the
> 4WD on public roads? 2 or 3 tops? So the other 362 days a year you're making
> payments, wearing out, and wasting gas with the unused 2 extra driving
> wheels. Ahhh....but your macho sense of "I'm rugged and stylish." is soothed
> buy all that wastefulness.
> But, people have bought this image hook, line, and sinker.
> If they were demanding 4 cyl. roadsters, every car company would offer them
> The manufacturers love it- the markup on a SUV makes them their most
> profitable line of product.
>
> Paul Burr
> I Rant, I Rave, I run for cover
> '74 TR6
> '88 Chevy Eurosport Wagon!!!!
> (best TR parts fetcher EVER!)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
> To: "Gary Nafziger" <naffy@netins.net>
> Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:01 PM
> Subject: Re: triumph baack
>
> >
> > Gary Nafziger wrote:
> > >
> > > Can someone address this question?
> > >
> > > How come we can get 8 or 9 thousand dollar hyundia's
> > >
> > > but we can't get 8 or 9 thousand dollar cars like that with the top cut
> off?
> > >
> > > I don't understand.......it seems a niche for a new triumph would be a
> small
> > > car like that in roadster style.........ok maybe in the 10 to 11
> thousand
> > > price range......
> >
> > Because it would look and drive like a Hyundai with the roof cut off....
> > <smile>
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Michael D. Porter
> > Roswell, NM
> > [mailto: mporter@zianet.com]
> >
> > `70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
> > `71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
> > `72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
> > `64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
> > `80 TR7 (3.8 liter Buick-powered)
--
George Richardson
Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559LT -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
Griffin - '71 Triumph Stag - undergoing restoration
Pikachu - '75 Triumph TR6 - undergoing repair
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver
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