You can lead a horse to water... Or you can just let it drive there in its BRAND NEW SUV!
After years of increases...
Despite ever-increasing new vehicle efficiency, the sales-weighted fleet average for new vehicles in the U.S. has been stuck at 25 MPG for 4 years in a row now.
Common wisdom: low, low fuel prices plus a steadily improving economy have allowed people to buy the biggest, thirstiest vehicles
they can't really afford.
The thirst for SUV's, pickups & crossovers is so great, automakers are cancelling midsize sedans and subcompacts, left & right! The market is speaking.
Crossovers for everyone! I like to sit up tall, so I can look at the back of the SUV in front of me.