Right now in America trucks are selling at almost 69 percent of the vehicles
sold every year versus cars etc... Maybe that is why there is such demand
on truck base vehicles for people friendly truck/SUV/SUT vehicles
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-----Original Message-----
From: J.D. Forinash [mailto:foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 12:32 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Dodge Maxx Cab Concept
On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 02:08:59PM -0600, Joe E Thomson wrote:
> Don't tell me Dodge is going to build this. I saw the side view of it,
> and it looks horrible. The bed is super small and the cab is extra
> large. The front end doesn't look to good either. Is the current style
> of the Dakota going to be around for awhile?
I expect we'll see more of this-- This is what they call "passenger
friendly". It's for all the people buying pickups and SUVs now and
wishing they had all the convenience and creature comforts their old
sedans used to have. It's not for real truck people.
After all, Dodge'd hate to tell them all "Go buy a car!"-- cars aren't
cool. And the profit margin on cars isn't near what it is on trucks. :)
I like to think that Dodge won't forget all of us people who want to drive
real trucks-- though, after the R/T towing debacle, perhaps I'm wrong on
that, too. :)
-- --J.D. Forinash (foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu) / '69 Coronet 440, yellow, 318 The more you learn, the better your / '70 Fury III 'vert, mostly white, 318 luck gets. / '99 Dakota R/T 15.601 @ 85.57
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