XPost: alt.autos, alt.autos.toyota   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   JoeSpareBedroom wrote:   
   > "C. E. White"  wrote in message   
   > news:hc6u39$uho$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   >   
   > That sure was a lot of data in your last message. But there's still some   
   > important data missing. You still can't show data which indicates how many   
   > people buy trucks "just to have", vs those who buy them because of their   
   > work. That data would also need to be broken down by brand. You've made   
   > claims which require this data in order to be believable, but you've never   
   > shown the data. That's probably because such data doesn't exist.   
      
   You have to look at the big picture.   
      
   Consider that people shopping for a vehicle at a Ford dealer will often   
   purchase the F150 rather than one of Ford's rather poor sedans, coupes,   
   or SUVs. That's how you end up with the F150 often being the "best   
   selling vehicle in the U.S." No one thinks that all those buyers are   
   contractors; those F150s are the daily commute vehicle for most of the   
   buyers.   
      
   People shopping for a vehicle at a Toyota dealer have a selection of   
   excellent cars, trucks, and SUVs. Few Toyota buyers are going to choose   
   a large pickup truck, with its rather poor MPG, as a passenger vehicle   
   for daily use. That's why Tundra buyers tend to be people that are using   
   their trucks for real work, not weekend warriors hauling bags of potting   
   soil home from Lowe's or Home Depot.   
      
   The market for personal vehicles is much larger than the market for real   
   work trucks, that's why the F150 sells well.   
      
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