Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:50:24 -0600 From: "Tore Voldbekk" <tore_voldbekknopsamandnews.com> Subject: Re: New Saab SUV
"Just Bob" <uctraingnopsamanet.com> wrote in message news:00sh0u4j3dk0mi9r4qcge47hmfvpisqgb0nopsamcom... > On Sat, 01 Dec 2001 02:28:29 GMT, Marc Escuro <mgescuronopsam.com> > wrote: > > > > I hardly think a Pathfinder is "yuppie." Japanese SUV's cost too much > >money. Now, if she got the Infiniti X45, which is a Pathfinder with the > >Infiniti clock in the middle of the dash, then you're getting closer to > >"Yuppie." :-D > > I beg to differ. > > There are two, maybe three, crowds that buy an SUV. First, there are > the yuppies who buy them because it's a fashion statement. Then there > are the little boys who buy them because big trucks make big toys. > Lastly, there are some folks buying them who actually need to use > the 4-wheel drive, haul a trailer, or otherwise actually need a > vehicle of this type. > > 99% of the folks fall into category 1 or 2, making an appreciable > number of Pathfinder purchasers yuppies. The folks buying the Infiniti > are the really foolish upper-crass yuppies with big egos that > they satisfy by spending big amounts of cash. Have you guys seen the new Volvo suv? http://xc90.volvocars.no