Да че там злиться. Будем хладнокровно наблюдать, как юнионы довели GM до цугундера. Сдается мне, чаптер 11 им не избежать.
И слезы жалости вы тоже зазря мне приписываете. Буратино сам себе враг, о каждом лохе плакать - кальций вымоется. Сольды ваши - хоть на сувы их тратьте, хоть на поле чудес закапывайте, мне, собственно, покласть.

Toyota Sienna LE-7 или Limited-7 имеют AWD привод.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_utility_vehicle

US automakers could enjoy profit margins of $10,000 per SUV, while losing a few hundred dollars on a compact car. [9] For instance, the Ford Excursion could net the company $18,000, while they could not break even with the Ford Focus unless the buyer chose options.[10][11] This led to Detroit's big three automakers focusing resources and design on SUVs over small cars (small cars were sold mainly to attract young buyers with inexpensive options and to increase their fleet average fuel economies to meet federal standards). The high wages of unionized workers in the United States and Canada (members of the UAW and CAW, respectively), compared to non-union workers such as that of Toyota, meant that it was unprofitable to have them build small cars.[12] The General Motors Arlington, Texas factory where rear-wheel drive cars were built, such as the Chevrolet Caprice, Buick Roadmaster, and Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham was converted to truck and SUV production, putting an end to full-size family station wagon and overall terminating production of rear-wheel drive full-size cars. As a result of the shift in the Big Three's strategy, many long-running cars like the Ford Taurus, Buick Century, and Pontiac Grand Prix eventually fell behind their Japanese competition in features and image (relying more upon fleet sales instead of retail and/or heavy incentive discounts), some being discontinued.
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The business model of focusing on SUVs and light trucks, at the expense of more fuel-efficient compact and midsized cars, is blamed for declining sales and profits among Detroit's Big Three automakers since the mid-late 2000s. The Big Three were unable to adapt as quickly as their Japanese rivals to produce small cars to meet growing demand. This was due to inflexible manufacturing facilities, and the high wages of unionized workers in the United States and Canada (members of the UAW and CAW, respectively) which make it unprofitable to build small cars.

А что это там на переднем плане, справа ? Уж не минивэн ли какой ?

Сейчас - нет. Но приносили. Соизмеримы - слишком расплывчатое слово. 1 и 9 тоже между собой соизмеримы. В вашей фразе ключевое слово - "существенно". А вы ?

Да ради бога, ездите хоть на тракторе. Возможно, у вас дорожные условия такие. Жил бы я в снежной колораде - может, субару бы прикупил.
Но я живу в солнечной Аризоне, лодку не тягаю за неимением таковой, по пустыне не рысачу. И постоянно поражаюсь - на кой хрен окружающие, которые на 95 процентов такие же urban dwellers как и я, накупили эту чертову прорву паркетных бегемотов?