YAY! Another car that GM can make that no one will buy or care about!
GM: In light of rising fuel prices, let us build another big v8.
Fuel prices are going down. Well at least where I live they are.
I paid $4.59 this morning. I remember it being about $1.00/gal cheaper last year.
Washington DC
Today 4.176
Yesterday 4.159
One Week Ago 4.201
One Month Ago 3.938
One Year Ago 2.974
Either way. The demographic that would buy a v8 sports Ute wont be turned off buying one because of the fuel prices. Any alternative still has a thirsty v8.
They may even import the v6 model also.
But they are appealing to an increasingly niche market with their big v8s. When they had GMAC offering irresistible deals, they were able to entice people who are not typical v8 buyers into buying them because the financing was so good.
Now GMAC is gone. How are they going to convince non-v8 buyers that this is what they want?