Cees,

Apparently you misunderstand the American auto market as much as Chrysler, GM, and Obama.

Pickup trucks are, in the long run, more effective transportation than micro cars for many Americans. We have a reason to drive the vehicles we drive here, other than to make a fashion statement as so many Europeans do. We do not find our worth in the vehicles we drive. We plan for the future just as much as others, perhaps even more than the elitists now trying to run things.

Otherwise, Toyota and Honda would not have added pickups to their American product lines.

That said, there is also a very large market for smaller vehicles. My personal car is a 2001 Hyundai Accent (turned over 200K miles 2 weeks ago). Yesterday I went to the flying field and had 11 airplanes in it with spans ranging from about 2' to over several over 4' (E-Flite T-34). I'll see if I can find a picture from somebody who was there, as I didn't think to take any of it myself. While those aren't the 60-sized Pattern planes you can carry on your bike I will eventually have one in there. It has already carried a 7' C-130, a 7' Astro Hog, a 6' PT-19, and other large models.

Andy