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Originally Posted by 31_bandits

I think you've just demonstrated that the H3 was, by far, a bigger sales hit than the FJ. Please allow me to clarify:

the base of the FJ is $21k. The base of the H3 is $30k. Sales differences, per your presentation above, were ~45% more sales for the cheaper FJ.

The base price of the Chevyl impala (4 door family car) is $21k. The base price4 of the Caddy CTS is $30k. Sales in May were 23,700 impalas -vs- 4,900 CTS's, or almost 5 times moer sales.

Now, those are perhaps different cars, chevy has more dealers, but...

Tahoe + Tukon = 23,000. Escalades = <5000. price difference is base $57 -vs- base $35. only a bit more of a percentage discrepancy than the FJ and H3.

Throw in that Toyota has far more dealers than hummer. 2x more? 3x more? 5x more? what % of car buyers don't have a hummer within 50 miles? 100 miles?


And all rational and reasonable facts considered, i'd say that the H3 trumps the FJ fairly badly in initial-months sales.

Wow, talk about convoluted but your argument is all for not considering that a new FJ is going for an average price of over 30K with some dealerships asking more than 40K. As for dealerships there are only as many as demand will support if there were more demand for the Hummer and if GM weren?t on the verge of bankruptcy maybe there would be more dealerships.