i believe in 2006 people still were in love with their suv's. people were employed and willing to pay the extra money for the gas.
when the shit hit the fan, honda already found the hybrids as an unmarketable item. again, the japanese, mainly honda gods, underestimate what americans want.
look at nissan. they are selling tons of G37s and 370z. yet honda wont make an rwd. honda came back with it's piece of shit, wannabe prius when all it needed to do was market the current product better.
there are too many cars in the mix.
companies should make the following.
1 SUV
1 Hybrid
1 rwd sports car
1 fwd econobox
1 luxury sedan
1 truck
we don't need 27 different crossovers or pos econoboxes.