Cars that Killed Market Segments

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Tornado
This doesn't reflect the reality of what people were actually buying Wagoneers in the 1980s. The people were buying Wagoneers were the same yuppies who were buying Audi 5000s and BMW 525es and W124s.



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This is not advertising targeting suburbanites or retired factory workers who saved their whole life to splurge on a base model DeVille. The demographic Venn Diagram of "modern Range Rover (real, not Sport) owner" and "1980s Grand Wagoneer owner" is likely one circle. They were even direct competitors when Rover decided they were going to finally sell them in the US in 1987 (and since the Range Rover wasn't a modern car itself by that point it's not like it held any real advantage), ultimately winning the battle when Chrysler decided they would rather just ride the money train out until it couldn't pass regulations than doing anything to update it (like replacing the engine with the 4.0L) and making a miscalculation that a new top spec Wagoneer Grand Cherokee trim wouldn't be just as slaughtered by the J80 Land Cruiser/LX 450 as the woeful P38 Range Rover was.
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Great write up. Sounds like GW people are the same ones that went on to buy GMC Denalis
 
Omnis
The ****-box commuter car is dead unless you're commuting like a hundred miles or in places where the only infrastructure is the paved road.
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Dead because it makes too much sense, isn't profitable to dealerships, even though the infrastructure issue covers 95-98% of America. It pretty much sums up my exact driving needs and I don't want another $40k vehicle that's just full of crap I don't need nor really want.

Ever feel like The System is out to get The Driver? I hate this industry sometimes...puts food on my table but yanks the tablecloth while I'm enjoying that meal.
 
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@Pupik , we've done the same roads. Wouldn't you enjoy driving a lot more if 50% of traffic were autonomous, predictable robots instead of distracted, perilously pea-brained morons? You're not in south Florida anymore, but imagine how bad it used to be, then make it 3 times worse lol.
 

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