Proof that Isuzu actively supported limited VX sales?

[RickOKC]

Thanks for venturing your impression I'm certain there is truth to it. The high price was indeed an issue ( along with other factors).

Ha ha... like I said, I may be COMPLETELY wrong about all this (I'd be a little crazy to think everything I found online was absolute FACT.) I just ventured my best guess based on all the stuff I'd read. If nothing else, I'd think any owner can honestly recognize the shortfalls and realize that lots of people wouldn't fall in love with the VX despite it's little imperfections.

[VXR]

You'll resort to having the last word on anything, no matter HOW unfounded...

hmmm sounds like someone else but who

[circmand]

Example: A guy I met at a car show Saturday said a local dealer offered to sell him a 2001 Ironman for $25k in 2003.

Anyway, all that could be wrong, but it's the impression I was left with.

I bought a 2001 Proton in 2002 for $23,995. At the time we were dickering on the price I did an internet search and found 60 NEW Vehicrosses for sale around the country for $23,995. Given that the 2003 year model vehicles were coming out making a 2001 2 years old you have to allow for the fact the sales just weren't there

[JoFotoz]

WOW...

hmmm sounds like someone else but who

Yet another sniping shot......


Jo

[Y33TREKker]

WOW...

Yet another sniping shot......

Jo

WOW...

Yet another hypocritical shot.......

[JoFotoz]

Seriously??

WOW...

Yet another hypocritical shot.......

...if so my bad.

I dont believe I make a habit of popping into threads which I am not already participating in...

...and simply dropping snide comments .

Do correct me if I am wrong ..

Jo

[Y33TREKker]

Well sure, if we're going to start classifying different types of sniping shots, what you've said is true, but come on...seriously?

[JoFotoz]

Yup, seriously.

Well sure, if we're going to start classifying different types of sniping shots, what you've said is true, but come on...seriously?

Partaking in a lively debate, even argument or disagreement is one thing..
...and I (we!) certainly do that

Throwing stones from beyond the field of play was/is my point...



Jo

[blacksambo]

I bought a 2001 Proton in 2002 for $23,995. At the time we were dickering on the price I did an internet search and found 60 NEW Vehicrosses for sale around the country for $23,995. Given that the 2003 year model vehicles were coming out making a 2001 2 years old you have to allow for the fact the sales just weren't there

Well, you have to ask "why" questions about the sales not being there. Here's one idea: 1999 marked the end of the Astral Silver paint color. They sold 1024 in this color. It accounted for approx half of total year one sales. Far and away out selling either the black or white paint colors (the black they kept alive through 2001). Why eliminate your far and away best color seller??? It makes no sense??? (Once again, it appears that Isuzu didn't seriously care about marketing this vehicle, from any vantage point, whether it was price or features.)

[RickOKC]

I bought a 2001 Proton in 2002 for $23,995. At the time we were dickering on the price I did an internet search and found 60 NEW Vehicrosses for sale around the country for $23,995.

Wowee... that was a GREAT deal! Congrats, Circ!

Well, you have to ask "why" questions about the sales not being there. Here's one idea: 1999 marked the end of the Astral Silver paint color. They sold 1024 in this color. It accounted for approx half of total year one sales. Far and away out selling either the black or white paint colors (the black they kept alive through 2001). Why eliminate your far and away best color seller??? It makes no sense??? (Once again, it appears that Isuzu didn't seriously care about marketing this vehicle, from any vantage point, whether it was price or features.)

When I was shopping, Astral was my preferred choice!

[circmand]

Well, you have to ask "why" questions about the sales not being there. Here's one idea: 1999 marked the end of the Astral Silver paint color. They sold 1024 in this color. It accounted for approx half of total year one sales. Far and away out selling either the black or white paint colors (the black they kept alive through 2001). Why eliminate your far and away best color seller??? It makes no sense??? (Once again, it appears that Isuzu didn't seriously care about marketing this vehicle, from any vantage point, whether it was price or features.)

You cant fix stupid

[Scott Larson]

Can we agree that Isuzu was not focused on long-term sales of the VX, using it rather as a marketing tool, placing it in their dealerships to generate interest, much as Ford did with their GT? Didn't think so...

[Ldub]

Can we agree that Isuzu was not focused on long-term sales of the VX, using it rather as a marketing tool, placing it in their dealerships to generate interest, much as Ford did with their GT? Didn't think so...

Couldn't agree more...

The VX was absolutely a HALO vehicle...(From wikipedia: The term "halo car" is often used in automotive marketing and journalism to refer to the flagship vehicle. The term is derived from the halo effect, the tendency for a favorable trait to influence the perception of subsequent traits in a sequence of interpretations; it appears to have been used as early as 1938.)

My only point through this entire morass has been...

If there was demand, they woulda figured out a way to market more, in about 2 seconds...


NOT that far fetched, IMO...

[Ldub]

hmmm sounds like someone else but who

...that's a pretty intelligent statement/query,...all things considered...

I'm guessing it was probably someone who knows how/when to use capital letters, commas, & question marks...but that's just a guess...

[ND92]

Being the third owner of mine, I can't say that I didn't like the price brand new or if it was too high. But I did buy an $8 potato once (never doing that again)