Sports Car Sales Are Declining - Sporty SUVs are the New Trend

[jut703]

Stumbled upon an interesting read:

Sports car sales fall as boomers grow up - MarketWatch

"Boomers are starting to age out of sports cars,” said Eric Noble, president of the CarLab, a consulting firm in Orange, Calif. “When you get into your 60s, comfort becomes more important. Sports cars are not going away, but the market will get smaller."

The generational handoff won’t help sports cars much either, Noble said, because there are fewer Generation Xers, or those about 35 to 50 years old. And the boomer children — the millennial generation — aren’t yet earning enough money to buy Mustangs, which start at $24,915, let alone a Corvette Z06 that can sell for more than $100,000, Noble said.

“Boomers are coming out of pure sports cars, but they’re not willing to sacrifice pure driving,” Cote said. “The idea of a sports SUV was incomprehensible 10 years ago. They’re not giving up spirited driving; they’re going to a different type of sporty driving.”

In the same way that sedans have gone out of fashion in the past decade in favor of SUVs, your typical 2-door sports car is bowing down to high-powered versions of land yachts.



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[minicarph]

well, thats why i disposed my t86 kagad noon eh, la pa one year. all I have in my garage now are SUVS - crossover diesel, PPV diesel, 4x4 diesel, 4x4 V6 and 4x4 Pickup.

after listing it all down, complete pna ala ako sa lineup ng SUVs ngaun hihi

pero parang di pa din, ive been watching Land Rover D90 lately sa Youtube before I sleep. ano ba category neto

[jut703]

well, thats why i disposed my t86 kagad noon eh, la pa one year. all I have in my garage now are SUVS - crossover diesel, PPV diesel, 4x4 diesel, 4x4 V6 and 4x4 Pickup.

after listing it all down, complete pna ala ako sa lineup ng SUVs ngaun hihi

pero parang di pa din, ive been watching Land Rover D90 lately sa Youtube before I sleep. ano ba category neto

Kasali ka rin dun sa tumatandang baby boomers?

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[minicarph]

hinde genx ako na dikit sa millenial juts. Kaya siguro i dont think like ny generation. I never really gave value to sportscars even i will look good ib one coz of ny fit body.

Wheb i watched mi3 ba yun or 2, yun kalaban ni tom cfuise ibba iba suv dun sa australia , that was time i said to myself im gonna collect suvs from there on , then hun sa Narcos series ni Pablo Escobar , i know the position of power noon pa. Those vintage suvs in netflix narcos and its effect on me , someday my suvs will be looked up to by the gen z hihi

[StockEngine]

As title suggests. buyers grow. As income grows, their buying power also grow. In north america they will eventually get an AWD or 4x4 as their climate does require better traction in winter times.

Flooding in our region has made buyers opt for higher wading depth vehicles. LCV market grew over 30% if i remember correctly.

[jut703]

As title suggests. buyers grow. As income grows, their buying power also grow. In north america they will eventually get an AWD or 4x4 as their climate does require better traction in winter times.

Flooding in our region has made buyers opt for higher wading depth vehicles. LCV market grew over 30% if i remember correctly.

In my hundreds of thousands of kilometers of driving, I've only ever needed to cross a flood once, and it was with an Altis, and I made it without issues.

The reality is that most of the time you can really get by with just a sedan. I've reached much farther places than most people with their SUVs. People just think they "need" an SUV.

That said, whether a real or perceived need, the market has shifted towards SUVs and that will continue for the next couple of years.

The car culture of the 90s with their riced out econoboxes has been replaced by riced out and jacked up SUVs.

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[kagalingan]

As title suggests. buyers grow. As income grows, their buying power also grow. In north america they will eventually get an AWD or 4x4 as their climate does require better traction in winter times.

Flooding in our region has made buyers opt for higher wading depth vehicles. LCV market grew over 30% if i remember correctly.

buyers grows.... they procreate.... it produces babies..... ang hirap naman isalpak sa 2 door sports car yan..... kahit nga sedan family of 5 ang sagwa tingnan.... hanggang apat lang comfortable...

[EQAddict]

They need to bring in the bmw x3 m40 here...... or the Audi SQ5. Ive seen the Merc GLC AMG43 in the showroom here. Really nice sporty Crossovers.

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[Walter]

It's more on the height of the driving position than the ground clearance ... also the ease of ingress and egress ...

[uls]

It's more on the height of the driving position than the ground clearance ... also the ease of ingress and egress ...

also it's more a safety issue

mas may laban ka sa banggaan pag malaki ang sasakyan mo

since andami naka SUV, mag SUV ka na din para di ka mapisa

it's like an arms race

[uls]

and also status symbol ang SUV

[jut703]

and also status symbol ang SUV

Between a PPV and a midsizer, mas status symbol pa rin for me ang midsize sedan.

Kung naka-Fortuner ka, there's a chance you're buying it because it's practical, durable, and efficient. Marami ring hindi mayaman pero naka-Fortuner kasi inutang and yun lang yung sasakyan ng buong angkan.

If you have a Camry, it most likely means you can afford the dismal fuel consumption, low resale value, and high maintenance. Wala rin akong nakikita masyadong pa-social climber na naka-Camry.

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[Walter]

also it's more a safety issue

Studies show that vehicles with higher center of gravity are not as good in avoiding accidents ... they also tend to rollover more easily ... so it's a matter of avoiding an accident or surviving one ...

[minicarph]

Studies show that vehicles with higher center of gravity are not as good in avoiding accidents ... they also tend to rollover more easily ... so it's a matter of avoiding an accident or surviving one ...

Not the crossover diesel, my next buy would be the gen4 santa fe if the price is right. yan nga ang dilemma ko ngaun i cant let go of my gen 2 kasi fully restored back to original na eh, pero ang ganda nun gen4 sa pics sobra

[uls]

Studies show that vehicles with higher center of gravity are not as good in avoiding accidents ... they also tend to rollover more easily ... so it's a matter of avoiding an accident or surviving one ...

i know about SUVs tendency to tip over

what i'm talking about is capacity to absorb collision

[minicarph]

Now that i have collected suvs, gusto ko mag-kolek ng either Komatsu or Caterpillar vehicles to secure my future. Since im planning to build a big garage naman sa future, im thinking why not buy all the vehicles of constructicons. Ewan ko hinde alam pero may nakikita ako sa future dito, its better to invest money on this coz right now the mood is build build therefore all are investig on real estate.

I in turn will buy construction equipments. Ano kaya ok to noh

Right now. Meron naman kami L300FB and Isuzu NKR. It's just sitting there for the next project. One thing i noticed though, even if sitting and even if workingm these ovehicles get buy offers na hindi nag-depreciate. Would you believe my L300FB is getting an offer of 350k, eh 250k lang bile ko dun coz a friend migrated urgently abroad.

[Calistro]

When it comes to modifying sports cars and suvs for their intended purposes, anyone has numbers on people going on tracks and people going off road? Off roading to me seems more attractive to enthusiasts due to the sheer number of places they can bring their rigs. Ricers of the 90s grew in popularity due to the emergence of drag racing. With it being driven off the streets, and our roads getting worse, these enthusiasts probably shifted to a more suitable motorsport for our country. A lot of autoshops have been riding on the popularity of off road modifications lately. Even 4x2s are getting their looks changed.

[jut703]

When it comes to modifying sports cars and suvs for their intended purposes, anyone has numbers on people going on tracks and people going off road? Off roading to me seems more attractive to enthusiasts due to the sheer number of places they can bring their rigs. Ricers of the 90s grew in popularity due to the emergence of drag racing. With it being driven off the streets, and our roads getting worse, these enthusiasts probably shifted to a more suitable motorsport for our country. A lot of autoshops have been riding on the popularity of off road modifications lately. Even 4x2s are getting their looks changed.

Yung Dubshop na dati puro mga big rims for sedans, nagfocus na ngayon sa 4x4s. Mas mahal mags, mas malaki tubo. [emoji16]

Mas common na nga ang off-roaders kaysa races sa track. And most of the cars na nakakasabay ko sa trackday, mga 90s compacts pa rin na ginawa nalang dedicated track car.

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[Calistro]

Yung Dubshop na dati puro mga big rims for sedans, nagfocus na ngayon sa 4x4s. Mas mahal mags, mas malaki tubo. [emoji16]

Mas common na nga ang off-roaders kaysa races sa track. And most of the cars na nakakasabay ko sa trackday, mga 90s compacts pa rin na ginawa nalang dedicated track car.

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Di ako familiar sa auto scene, pero un dami ng nagpapa off road look ba napunta talaga ng off road?


Ung tiis pogi na lowered dati na kahit sumayad sa humps, ngayon palakihan ng rims, walang suspension upgrade. Ok lang kahit matagtag, pogi naman.

[jut703]

Di ako familiar sa auto scene, pero un dami ng nagpapa off road look ba napunta talaga ng off road?

Siyempre hindi. [emoji23]

Kahit ano pa maging trend, lagi at laging may posers. [emoji23]

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