jmowreader
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Thu Mar-17-05 10:03 PM
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3. Ford and GM have the exact same problem |
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The kind of vehicles Ford and GM like to make (specifically, huge SUVs and pickups with huge initial markups) are not the kind of vehicles people like to buy when gas costs $2 per gallon. Expect the same news about DaimlerChrysler because DC's most popular vehicles are all pretty big.
Even if we weren't in a world of financial hurt, those mongo trucks wouldn't sell when you need to float a loan to fill the tank.
I know how to return the automakers to sanity but it won't be done: just require that all vehicles being advertised as passenger cars be required to meet passenger car safety and emissions standards. SUVs got as popular as they are because they follow the same rules as trucks, which allows the automakers to build them relatively inexpensively. A PTCruiser is required to meet the truck standards, and it's definitely a car.
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