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And on the flip side why don't rich people buy fuel efficient cars? They may have a Prius tucked in the back of their garage for their Sierra club meetings, but it's usually not their only car or daily driver.
Rich, or at least reasonably wealthy, are the only ones buying Teslas, so there do seem to be a lot of them that are buying fuel efficient cars... And yes, wealthier people tend to have more than one car. Though, the fact is, more than 66% of American households have 2 or more cars, so maybe it's not just the rich that have more than one car...
Rich, or at least reasonably wealthy, are the only ones buying Teslas, so there do seem to be a lot of them that are buying fuel efficient cars... And yes, wealthier people tend to have more than one car. Though, the fact is, more than 66% of American households have 2 or more cars, so maybe it's not just the rich that have more than one car...
The question is WHY are they buying them? Are they really buying them to save on fuel cost or are they buying them to say "Look at what I bought? Look at me."
I think it is manly the latter.
The question is WHY are they buying them? Are they really buying them to save on fuel cost or are they buying them to say "Look at what I bought? Look at me."
I think it is manly the latter.
Both.
If you just want a hey look at me mobile, the Tesla isn't really great. They're all over the place here. They're actually the best selling luxury sedan in its price range (7-series, S-Class, A8, etc) in California. There's certainly amount of "hey look at me," but less so than any other luxo barge.
Justin Bieber's chromed Tesla comes to mind... LOL
Fisker Karma actually.
That's really a vehicle bought exclusively on looks as it's not particularly good. It does look amazing though. But yeah, looks only go so far which is why it never really sold well. I'd kind of hoped they'd get picked up have a V8 put in which would cure most of its problems.
That's really a vehicle bought exclusively on looks as it's not particularly good. It does look amazing though. But yeah, looks only go so far which is why it never really sold well. I'd kind of hoped they'd get picked up have a V8 put in which would cure most of its problems.
your hope has been turned into a reality.
Bob lutz (GM's savior) helped start a venture which stuffed LS7s into Fisker Karmas.
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The Destino takes a Karma body and combines its external beauty with the internal brawn of a Corvette ZR-1 drive train, to produce an car that can hit 200 miles per hour.
That's really a vehicle bought exclusively on looks as it's not particularly good. It does look amazing though. But yeah, looks only go so far which is why it never really sold well. I'd kind of hoped they'd get picked up have a V8 put in which would cure most of its problems.
Well, yeah, there were other things that happend to Fisker: A123, the company they were buying batteries from, went under, and a large number of Karmas were damaged in port in hurricane Sandy. They originally missed their launch date a number of times, and then had internal political battles that caused mismanagement of the company, forcing them into bankruptcy.
Their production model, of intercontinental assembly, also caused problems.
They are under new ownership and are poised to come back:
I think the OP is not only generalizing here, but seeing what they want to see.
I find NO difference in the cars parked outside of Walmart, and the ones parked outside of Starbucks.
"A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest" - The Boxer, Simon & Garfunkel
agreed. I see lots of BMWs, Mercs, Audis, etc parked in the WalMart parking lot. I also see a lot of gas guzzling old SUVs in front of Starbucks.
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