Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Go Green by Going Smaller Cars

It seem that consumer purchasing power is having a huge impact on the auto industry. Have you all heard the news that Ford and GM are going to focus more on production of smaller cars vs. bigger SUVs. Definitely a win for the wallet and for the planet.

Another big sign of this changing world is GM's announcement that it will close 4 big SUV manufacturing plants and is thinking about selling its ailing line Hummer. Wow! No more Hummers? Holy Cow.

The company doesn't seem to be burying its head in the sand either: “We don’t believe it’s a spike or a temporary shift. We believe it is, by and large, permanent,” said GM chairman Rick Wagoner.

Lets hope they learned from their $51 billion loses over the past three years and are really serious.

What about you? Have you been driving less? Looking at smaller cars? Let us know!

4 comments:

Da Old Man said...

I have been conscious about mileage for quite some time. My current ride is a 2006 Scion Xb. I took a little trip to Atlantic City last week, and got well over 30 MPG. I kept the speed around 60, and got passed by everyone on the Parkway, but it was worth it to save gas.

James (SeattleDad) said...

I have a diesel Jetta that gets 40+ MPG, but the cost is so high now at almost $5.00 a gallon. Not as many liesure trips lately.

Anonymous said...

This is something that must be done at government level of each country world wide . Only then it is going to help the cause .

Ice Cream said...

Expecting our fifth child, I can't really look at smaller cars right now, but we are driving MUCH less. Now, instead of running a few errands every other day we try to get all driving done in 1-2 days.