While You Were Sleeping: March 17th, 2015

by Derek Kreindler

Published: March 17th, 2015

Hyundai wants to build a pickup truck. The Tucson-based Santa Cruz, shown above, is an obvious candidate, but would almost certainly be subject to the 25 percent chicken tax, unless Hyundai builds it Stateside.

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Lou_BC on Mar 17, 2015

Hyundai considering a pickup truck, won’t build the Tucson in the United States. Poor Vulpine and 11 others ;)

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- Vulpine on Mar 17, 2015
  
  The more you and others argue against it, Lou, the more press it seems to get. The more press it gets, the more it seems likely that they'll bring SOMETHING into the market that fills that hole.
  
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- Lou_BC on Mar 18, 2015
  
  @Vulpine Just giving you the gears....... I don't have anything against small trucks. I've owned a few.
  
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- Bd2 on Mar 18, 2015
  
  Probably b/c we'll see both the new Sportage and Tucson being built at Kia's upcoming Mexico plant. If Hyundai goes ahead and builds a 2nd Alabama plant, likely will see it gain Santa Fe Sport/Santa Fe production (which is currently built at Kia's GA plant) and the Santa Cruz.
  
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H-OCarriage on Mar 17, 2015

A UTE, if ever I saw one!!

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Shadow mozes on Mar 17, 2015

Please build it, Hyundai! Pleease!!

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APaGttH on Mar 17, 2015

Ya, OPEC is dreaming. Even if they collapse the production companies there are 3,000 completed wells that are not producing. Basically just ready to turn the valve open and collect the oil. 3,000 Even if they devastated the US producers in this war of attrition it will only consolidate the market into stronger players, who can turn on those wells any time they want. For drillers in particular, dark, dark, dark, days ahead.

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- 28-Cars-Later on Mar 17, 2015
  
  So the Dakotas go back to being empty again, only this time filled with refuse left behind from the out-of-towners. Gives me an mental image of the Native American crying in the littering commercial of the 70s.
  
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