"B. Peg" > wrote in message
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> Mostly because American buyers want large vehicles (fat people can't fit
> well in small cars, ya know)

I'm not fat, but I have found this is also true of tall people and people
with elbows.


> and to haul large (take it anyway you want)
> families around. If they made a hybrid SUV, then they will come - and
kick
> the price of gas to $4-5 gallon too.

I don't follow. It would raise the price if demand lowered?


> Look at all the large vehicles sitting in used car lots, some '04 models
> even. I think the hybrid trend is coming later this summer, but the true
> cost of ownership (ergo, the $$$$ battery) remains to be seen. If
> Kalifornya goes to a mileage-based tax system at the pump there won't be
> much incentive either.

Is their plan to tax gas more if the vehicle has high mileage??? That seems
backwards even for them.


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