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...been banking on the launch of redesigned, full-size SUVs like the Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade to help boost sales this year. A few years ago, automakers could count on a core group of 1.5 million households to buy full-size SUVs, according to Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research. Even before this year, higher gas prices had eroded that market. Only about 700,000 U.S. households are now in the market for full-size models. That's why automakers are switching to crossover vehicles like GM's Pontiac Torrent and Ford's Ecosport...
...bright side for Geely and Chery is that Americans are growing accustomed to higher-end Chinese products, such as flat-screen TVs and laptop PCs. Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research, surveyed consumers to see if they would consider buying a Chinese car. About 36% said they would. "That level of consideration is twice what it was for Korean brands 10 years ago," he says. Mel Rapton, the California car dealer, figures that a combo of 100,000-mile warranties and cut-rate pricing will get Chinese cars moving. "It's a pretty big gamble," the 77-year...
While the typical lease runs almost four years, the new-car itch hits the average driver every three, notes Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore. As many as 30% of the 17 million drivers holding leases in the U.S. say they would opt out if they could afford...
...Spinella updated his CUcommunity journal on Saturday with a message detailing the birth of the Google-Bomb...
...Spinella also stressed that he had no problem with the Facebook. Although he said he disagreed with its closed viewing policy, he thought it would have little effect on the CUcommunity, to which 1900 of the university’s 6,700 undergraduates belong...