Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:59:33 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: "green" cars (NVC)
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net>
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Stan Wilder wrote:

> I sincerely feel that Auto Manufacturers aren't trying to build an efficient
> car.

No, of course they aren't; there's no market for it.  Not when gasoline is
so cheap.  We won't see more efficient cars until there's a market demand
for them, and that won't happen until gas stays well above $2/gallon for a
while.  Then the American car companies will be in trouble again, because
the Japanese have looked down the road and seen this coming.  It will be
1982 all over again.  SUVs will sell used for next to nothing just like
the 1970's land yachts used to.

Vanagon content: $2.50/gallon gas will make Vanagons expensive to drive.


David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon