SUVS

You a marketing manager interviewing a job a large automotive company. You prepared interview a chance offered job, decide study company company's future marketing ideas. One company's ideas phase large, profitable SUV line automobiles focus smaller, fuel-efficient cars.

Marketing manager: Interview

Despite the current popularity in the media for demonizing gas-guzzling SUVs and the praise for cars such as the Prius and the Chevy Volt, consumer buying trends have yielded inconsistent results. When gas prices spike, consumers typically flock to more fuel-efficient cars. However, as gas prices have experienced moderate attrition, the desire for larger vehicles has increased once again. "Retail prices for 5-year-old full-size SUVs are 23% higher than a year ago...That is more than double the average price increase of 11% for all 5-year-old vehicles. Prices for 3-year-old SUVs are up 6%, triple the 2% average increase for all vehicles that age" (Used full-size SUVs are in...
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