Car and Driver
THE DISMAL April car sales data out of Detroit illustrated an important lesson about what it will take to reduce U.S. consumption of foreign oil and to cut greenhouse gas emissions. With the reality sinking in that high gas prices (already more than $4 per gallon in some places) are here to stay, American car buyers ended their nearly two-decade love affair with the sport-utility vehicle and other gas guzzlers. Overall sales at the Big Three automakers were way down compared with figures from April 2007 -- and the drop was driven by plummeting sales of light trucks and SUVs. Chrysler's Jeep Commander SUV dropped 49 percent. General Motors' Chevrolet Tahoe fell 35 percent. And Ford's F-series pickup trucks declined 27 percent.
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]
found in Politics: Opinions
THE DISMAL April car sales data out of Detroit illustrated an important lesson about what it will take to reduce U.S. consumption of foreign oil and to cut greenhouse gas emissions. With the reality sinking in that high gas prices (already more than $4 per gallon in some places) are here to stay, American car buyers ended their nearly two-decade love affair with the sport-utility vehicle and other gas guzzlers. Overall sales at the Big Three automakers were way down compared with figures from April 2007 -- and the drop was driven by plummeting sales of light trucks and SUVs. Chrysler's Jeep Commander SUV dropped 49 percent. General Motors' Chevrolet Tahoe fell 35 percent. And Ford's F-series pickup trucks declined 27 percent.
Washington Post – May 12, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]
found in Politics: Opinions
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