I'll consider it...
1) That's quite a ways to go for some of us (currently $1.47/gal), also I don't think the US market will support those prices for long if at all, the drastic cut in consumption will force the lowering of prices to spur buying.
2) If gas prices go that high this is not a TITAN issue, most may throw $5-$20 in every few days and not think about the true cost, (except when they write the loan check every month).
3) I hope so the world would be a better place without these monsters.
4) Maybe next year if there is a big jump in the production run.
5) see #4
6) Not HUGE but that is happening now
7) If they are not doing it now why would they in the future unless there a major improvments in their trucks (of course then there would be no rebates on a re-design)
8) I thought this happened in step 4
9) It will happen I just dont think it will happen for the doomsday situation you outlined
*) I thought the thread was about getting the best price, not operating cost
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Originally Posted by outahere
Consider this scenario:
1. Gas continues to rise in price for the next 5 months (as predicted by industry analysts) and settles out at around $3 a gallon
2. Potential Titan buyers are balking at the idea of having to spend $80 for a fill up (every 450 miles or less)
3. Potential Titan buyers stay away from the Titan (and other big trucks and SUVs).
4.Titan unsold inventory builds up on dealer lots and at factory
5. Dealers and factory make no money on Titans that sit in storage, unsold.
6. Ford, Chevy, and Dodge offer huge rebates on their full size pickups, to encourage people to buy despite record high gas prices.
7. Buyers see that Titan has no rebates, go to Ford, Chevy, or Dodge instead.
8. Titan unsold inventory continues to build up on dealer lots and at factory
9. Feeling the pressure of price competition from the Big 3, and the effect of record high gas prices, the factory offers rebates and/or dealer incentives on the Titan
It does not matter that the titan is "newly designed" in the above scenario. The Titan does not have some magic immunity to rebates and incentives.
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