Lying through his teeth
"We’re delighted that customers refused to buy the Excursion,” says Carl Pope of the Sierra Club. “It was a car, or a truck, or a monster that was far bigger than anyone needed it to be.”
No way he is delighted. If the Excursion doesn't sell it simply a demonstration of the free market at work. The writer and the Sierra Club would much prefer that the vehicle were a hot item so their loud mouth whining could continue.