Re: [lro] Where's Land Cruiser?

From: Jim Hall (jimfoo@purplemountain.net)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 19:41:47 EST

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    How about H2's? those seem to be showing up in numbers here. All seem to
    be mall assault vehicles as women are driving all the ones I've seen.

    Faure, Marin wrote:
    >
    > In my 45 minute commute each day I see a lot of vehicles, and so
    > get an idea of what's in vogue these days. Back in the early '90s,
    > I saw quite a few "new style" Toyota Land Cruisers. They were
    > more numerous than Range Rovers. The Jeep Grand Cherokee,
    > of course, made a huge splash in this area, becoming
    > the "required" vehicle in the suburbs.
    >
    > In the mid-90s, the Discovery began making an appearance, and
    > today I see a lot of them, particularly
    > on the Eastside (Microsoft country). Range Rovers, both classics and
    > the 1995+ "new model" are very common now. So far, I've only seen
    > one "brand new" model Range Rover. But then I only saw three or
    > four in England during the last couple of weeks, so I imagine their high
    > price is keeping the volume down, at least for now.
    >
    > Ford moved into the number one spot in the later '90s with the Expedition
    > and
    > then the Excursion. These two vehicles seem to have replaced the
    > Grand Cherokee as the "must have" vehicle in our area.
    >
    > But what's surprised me is the Toyota Land Cruiser has almost
    > completely disappeared from the roads. I saw one this morning which
    > made me realize I hadn't seen one (or a Lexus 450) for ages. I occasionally
    >
    > see a Toyota Sequoia, which seems to be a slightly smaller version of the
    > Land Cruiser, and of course the 4Runner is quite common. But the
    > full-up Land Cruiser seems to have vanished in terms of popularity. Is
    > this just a local quirk, or has Toyota lost market share in this class of
    > vehicle?
    > ___________________________
    > C. Marin Faure
    > (original owner)
    > 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
    > 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
    > Seattle
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