>> Big SUV sales started to fall off a cliff in 2005/6 - before the crash
Subjectively you can see this on US roads, I spent some time in the US last year for work and it had been perhaps 3 years since I'd previously been over. What struck me was that the cars tended to be smaller "compacts" (Accord / Mondeo sized) and Korean, Japanese or European in origin, I even saw Golf TDis in use. Previously they'd all been SUVs and "full size" sedans (Ford Taurus and its like). this is reflected in hire car bands too I'd observe, yesteryear's Ford Contour (Mondeo) is now a Toyota Corolla sedan.
Not exactly statistically valid but enough for me to notice.
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Best cars for 2010 - US Style new
Best cars for 2010 - US Style new