http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/24/cartoon-tuesday-blind-spots/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/24/cartoon-tuesday-blind-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-52524 paulb Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:04:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/24/cartoon-tuesday-blind-spots/#comment-52524 I've been noticing a lot of other free gas promotions--from all kinds of products and local supermarkets. I don't think this is really significant, it's just some opportunistic (pathetic in Chrysler's case) marketing that might sell a few vehicles or cases of beer but won't mean very much. The cartoonist really has it right, Chrysler is getting very close to being history. Chrysler introduced the minivan and owned that market for awhile, and Ford's Taurus was "America's car" for nearly all the late 80s, absolutely wasted opportunities now. Although I want to make a prediction: Toyota has peaked. GM and Ford are going to chip away at Toyota's North American market share the next few years. I've been noticing a lot of other free gas promotions--from all kinds of products and local supermarkets. I don't think this is really significant, it's just some opportunistic (pathetic in Chrysler's case) marketing that might sell a few vehicles or cases of beer but won't mean very much. The cartoonist really has it right, Chrysler is getting very close to being history. Chrysler introduced the minivan and owned that market for awhile, and Ford's Taurus was "America's car" for nearly all the late 80s, absolutely wasted opportunities now. Although I want to make a prediction: Toyota has peaked. GM and Ford are going to chip away at Toyota's North American market share the next few years.

]]> http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/24/cartoon-tuesday-blind-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-52516 Jay Andrew Allen Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:27:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/24/cartoon-tuesday-blind-spots/#comment-52516 I like how the Chrysler guy looks like a Communist foot soldier. I like how the Chrysler guy looks like a Communist foot soldier.

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