On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Adam Davis wrote:
> Well, let's say that if they lower the mpg of each car by from 29 to 28.5 for

I'd be happy with either of those figures!

I have a suspicion that Eric is right, that emissions is job 1 and economy
is job 2. There are fleet requirements for overall fuel economy, so
increasing fuel economy on one model lets you decrease it on another.
American car makers figure the only market they have is for big powerful
cars, so they are always fighting to get the best economy they can, and
carry a few imported models with their name on them to bring the fleet
mileage up. Even with GM's new Buick factory in China, it won't be making
small cars, they'll still buy the small cars from other companies and
relabel them.

The rules for small trucks and 'utes(SUV) are different. They can be pigs.

-Bob