Agreed.Maybe it's true, maybe not. Whoever Johnny Leiberman is, I don't know enough of him to call him a reputable source. I'd like to see something official from Toyota before I go all sky is falling.
As a current shopper looking at 50-80k vehicles and can afford such. I don’t want to flaunt or appear to others as if I have lots of money. Its just not my thing. Most people with real wealth actually don’t like advertising such things. Newly wealthy or misleading people to think one is wealthy is a different discussion.The same reason the VW Phaeton flopped. "Stealth wealth" is a tiny, tiny market. If you're already paying $80K for a luxury vehicle, you're not going to blink at paying $10K more to get the luxury brand.
Maybe it's true, maybe not. Whoever Johnny Leiberman is, I don't know enough of him to call him a reputable source. I'd like to see something official from Toyota before I go all sky is falling.
As a current shopper looking at 50-80k vehicles and can afford such. I don’t want to flaunt or appear to others as if I have lots of money. Its just not my thing. Most people with real wealth actually don’t like advertising such things. Newly wealthy or misleading people to think one is wealthy is a different discussion.
I’ve never owned a GM product before but I can say the Tahoe / Yukon is on my list because its understated very common and can be loaded up with reasonably “fancy” interior aspects. And they get better mileage than my Toyota and past Toyotas. That and more modern engine and transmissions. Its not a Reliability thing for me given all my prior 4 Toyotas haven’t been anything special or impressive in that matter.
So Motor Trend or Jalopnik have never gotten bad information? He's basing his whole thing on Toyota saying they aren't canceling the Cruiser--for now. There is no where in the article does he name an actual source, ergo it's just speculation for now.Have you heard of Motor Trend?
Have you heard of Jason Cammisa?