It wasn’t long ago that truck owners were attached to their vehicles like a best buddy, favorite T-shirt, or long-trusted putter. Nicknames were not uncommon, and owners personalized them with window stickers and fancy accessories.
Parting with their truck was a rare occasion. Unless an owner had his or her eyes on a larger or fancier model.
Times Have Changed for the Pickup Truck
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Pickup truck owners stuck with their brands fiercely, even mocking other truck-makers with rude rear-window stickers.
Autodata Corp., which monitors and reports on vehicle sales, noted that the month was one of the worst car-selling months in many years, with sales dropping 18.3% compared with the same month a year earlier.
You will hear about air bags, seatbelts, head restraint, stability control, rollover resistance, antilock brakes and more.
By the 2007 model year, only two compact minivans remained on the American market, the Mazda5 and the Kia Rondo, and in the years before that pickings were slim.
Chrysler announced in late June 2008 that it was teaming with eBay to list Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge certified pre-owned cars on the new eBay Motors’ Certified Pre-Owned Showroom.
Insure.com surveyed insurance rates from four of the nation’s biggest car insurers, in multiple ZIP codes across America, for a variety of vehicles.
It’s hard to increase sales when the target market doesn’t include men from the ages of 16-35. 
The thrust of the message to consumers is, “We want to help you save gas!â€
“A rude awakening at U.S. gas pumps is leading owners of large cars to another rude awakening as they try to sell their carsâ€, UPI reported July 2.
Our question is this: Wait, isn’t the SUV dying a slow death due to high gas prices?