What are your thoughts on the gas prices? The family next door just dumped their small SUV for a Camry sedan. They have 3 or 4 kids. So, going smaller is a bit tight in that car.
I was reading on one site recently that noted that we were in a "oil bubble" and that it would burst soon and prices would go down.
Actually ,depending on what type of SUV, they might not have sacrificed much in terms of space. With the Camry, Toyota is doing a great job at making big GM-like cars. Spacewise, it's about equivalent to say a Highlander, Murano, Ford Escape, and even some of the smaller domestic GMC suvs. Gas mileage-wish, I'm not sure if they are really going to get much better gas mileage if (1) the SUV was a V6 and (2) if they bought a Camry V6 which gets 19/28 (I doubt they purchased a hybrid). That's sort of what happens to gas mileage when automakers start sticking 268+hp engines in appliances in the horsepower bragging wars, despite whether consumers really need it.
Me thinks gas prices were unusually high due to going into memorial day and summer season. I'd expect things to start falling this week and next.
