Editing SUV (section)

=== 2000s ===

By 2003, there were 76 million SUVs and light trucks on U.S. roads, representing approximately 35% of the vehicles on the road.<ref name=CCSThrg/>

[[File:GMC--Envoy.jpg|GMC Envoy|thumb]]

Car manufacturers were keen to promote SUV sales over other types of cars due to higher profits in the segment. An SUV could be sold with a profit margin of {{USD|10,000}} or more ({{USD|18,000}} per SUV in the case of the [[Ford Excursion]]), while compact cars were often sold at a loss of a few hundred dollars per car.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/06/as_buyers_shun_suvs_expect_to.html|first=Robert|last=Schoenberger|title=As buyers shun SUVs, expect to pay more for that small car|newspaper=Cleveland Business News|date=2008-06-06|access-date=2010-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Escape%20SUV |title=Ford idle, for now |work=USA Today |date=2008-10-16|access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/may2000/jobs-m27.shtml |first=Jerry|last=White|title=GM, Ford idle 1,365 workers-auto industry layoffs signal coming downturn in US economy|publisher=Wsws.org|date=2000-05-27|access-date=2010-11-16}}</ref> As a result, several manufacturing plants were converted from car production to SUV production (such as the General Motors plant in [[Arlington, Texas]] in 1996), and many long-running U.S. sedan models were discontinued.<ref>{{cite news|last=Maynard|first=Micheline|title=End of the Line for Ford Taurus|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/28/business/28ford.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=2006-10-28|access-date=2018-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Final Ford Taurus interview |publisher=ABC News|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwuCm8hNXgI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/CwuCm8hNXgI| archive-date=2021-10-29|date=2007-07-26}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/19/so-long-friend-ford-producing-the-last-taurus-next-week/ |title=So long, friend. Ford producing last Taurus next week |first=John |last=Neff |date=October 19, 2006|publisher=Autoblog |access-date=2007-07-26}}</ref>

From the mid-2000s until 2010, U.S. sales of SUVs and other light trucks experienced a dip due to [[2000s energy crisis|increasing fuel prices]] and then [[Great Recession in the United States|a declining economy]]. From 2008 until 2010, General Motors closed four assembly plants that were producing SUVs and trucks.<ref name=FinancialPost>{{cite news|url= http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=562830 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090216154211/http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=562830 |archive-date=2009-02-16 |title=Caw Girds For War|first=Nicolas|last=Van Praet |work=Financial Post |location=U.S. |date=2008-06-04 |access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> Sales of SUVs and light trucks sales began to recover in 2010, as fuel prices decreased and the North American economy improved.<ref>{{cite news|last=Healey|first=James|title=Surprise: Sales of big SUVs surging faster than small cars|url= https://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-07-30-suvs30_CV_N.htm |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=2012-04-23 |date=2010-07-30}}</ref>

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