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Cam - A related piece on manual transmissions, market pressures and consumer
behavior. There's a thread in it where (my take) the increase in the number of
options for customers can serve to reduce the effective choices for them.
Primarily because the overwhelming number of product options forces the dealer
to continually focus their buy/spend/training efforts on ones they know that
will sell. So when a company offers a mountain bike platform in 4″, 5″, 6″ and
6″\+ with a couple wheel size options and trim levels, they'll just pick the
two most popular options and inventory those. You get the same number of
choices as in 2001 - only with more surrounding noise from media and
technology.
<http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/no-fixed-abode-paved-manuals-put-
four-door-coupe/>
April 24, 2015, 7:28 a.m. - Wesley Meyer
#!markdown Cam - A related piece on manual transmissions, market pressures and consumer behavior. There's a thread in it where (my take) the increase in the number of options for customers can serve to reduce the effective choices for them. Primarily because the overwhelming number of product options forces the dealer to continually focus their buy/spend/training efforts on ones they know that will sell. So when a company offers a mountain bike platform in 4″, 5″, 6″ and 6″\+ with a couple wheel size options and trim levels, they'll just pick the two most popular options and inventory those. You get the same number of choices as in 2001 - only with more surrounding noise from media and technology. <http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/no-fixed-abode-paved-manuals-put- four-door-coupe/>