They claim that we have turned our back on big cars. They claim that we now want more fuel efficient cars to drive. I say let the numbers do the talking:

Sales of the Prius in the US were down from 15,011 in May 2008 to just 10,091 for the same month this year. For the year to date, sales of the Prius in the US stand at 42,753 compared to 79,675 in 2008 – a drop of more than 45 per cent.

If you want my honest opinion, Americans do not want fuel efficient cars, or "cute" sub-compacts. We want our diesel trucks, our flashy sports cars, and our carry 8 kids from soccer, the groceries, and some lumber for a weekend project SUV's. We just do not want to pay the fuel cost for it. For the most part the surge in hybrid cars was due to just that. How else do you explain why when gas was cheap that is what we bought. Then when gas in 2008 rose to high levels, we bought hybrids. Then again once gas prices went down we went back to our ways.

This same logic is going to be the death of GM. The government is going to force them to make cars that we do not want. If you have not noticed yet Obama, we are very stubborn people. Yes, there are a few people that will buy GM just because its GM. However, as a whole if GM makes crap we just will not buy it. I seriously think our current politicians in Washington think we are ignorant.

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