Edmunds publishes predicted trends for 2018

[12,000 RPM]

I love this kind of shit

https://static.ed.edmunds-media.com/unversioned/img/industry-center/analysis/2018-Industry-Trends.pdf

Obvious points are the market is due to contract and luxury SUVs are taking over everything

But interestingly "electrified"/green cars are set to gain market share and even more interestingly Uber is having an impact on rental sales

Also increasing interest rates shouldn't have too much of an impact. They will probably just stretch the loans out to mortgage lengths

Interesting stuff

[Morris Minor]

Interesting stuff - reflects my own sentiment that our next vehicle will be a crossover. But why are they saying EVs are critical to autonomy? ICEs can be autonomous too.

[12,000 RPM]

Yea I'm drawing a blank on that connection too.

Looking forward to the current crop of luxury crossovers. Would be nice to swap out the G for something like an F-Pace every now and then.

[CaminoRacer]

Gimme a sedan any day

[Raza]

Yea I'm drawing a blank on that connection too.

Looking forward to the current crop of luxury crossovers. Would be nice to swap out the G for something like an F-Pace every now and then.

My friend just consolidated his A4 and Accord into a 2016 X1. He seems really happy. I haven't driven in it yet, but I took a look, and I found it quite compelling. He has me looking into them.