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It seems that this gasoline price situation will at least have a positive impact on our environment, forcing manufacturers to offer much more efficient vehicles, and cleaner burning as well.
I also always wondered why so many people seemed to choose behemouth, inefficient SUV's and trucks when they didn't seem to really need the space or hauling capacity. So now it seems that the soaring price of gasoline here is making them reconsider their choices, whereas concern for our environment and efficiency didn't do that.
You may have seen the article in today's NY Times about the newest Honda Pilot SUV. Surveys told Honda that the consumers wanted it to look more SUV'ish and with a stronger image, so the newest one was redesigned in that regard. So now they are concerned that considering the current mentality of auto consumers this new image will backfire and adversely impact sales...even though the new one is more efficient than the old one with its V6 that can automatically drop to operation on 4 or even 3 cylinders to improve economy.
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