I don't see any data here about how much higher fuel efficiency standards have contributed to having more expensive cars. I imagine they have had some contribution but by what percentage? At least with American automakers, they've been focused more on selling bigger vehicles over smaller ones. What's annoyed me over the decades is this upward spiral in auto size. People buy bigger vehicles (SUVs and pickups) so that they can see over others and feel safer, and then those other vehicle owners buy even bigger vehicles to see over the former ones! It goes on and on. How about people just buying smaller cars, paying less money, and getting better fuel economy!
Great article! I worked in Detroit for a great American auto company for 34 years. Other countries help their Auto industries… but not ours. Auto jobs are good jobs and a little help would have provided a big benefit to the country ..too bad.
In case you had not noticed everything we do in America is politicized. If it can not be politicized it will be soon.Politics requires that we have to have something to argue about.We can not agree on the best things for our country so we just argue an get nothing done.In case you have not noticed most"WARS"are started just to get folks at home to think about something else.
I don't see any data here about how much higher fuel efficiency standards have contributed to having more expensive cars. I imagine they have had some contribution but by what percentage? At least with American automakers, they've been focused more on selling bigger vehicles over smaller ones. What's annoyed me over the decades is this upward spiral in auto size. People buy bigger vehicles (SUVs and pickups) so that they can see over others and feel safer, and then those other vehicle owners buy even bigger vehicles to see over the former ones! It goes on and on. How about people just buying smaller cars, paying less money, and getting better fuel economy!
Great article! I worked in Detroit for a great American auto company for 34 years. Other countries help their Auto industries… but not ours. Auto jobs are good jobs and a little help would have provided a big benefit to the country ..too bad.
In case you had not noticed everything we do in America is politicized. If it can not be politicized it will be soon.Politics requires that we have to have something to argue about.We can not agree on the best things for our country so we just argue an get nothing done.In case you have not noticed most"WARS"are started just to get folks at home to think about something else.