Reply #2: The truth is in the buying, and trucks outsold cars...

[TreasonousBastard]

with even those fuelsipping Japanese getting on the bandwagon and selling more Highlanders and Acuras than Priuses. Where's them stunning sales numbers for the Versa or Aveo? In any car that offers the option-- compare sales of the model with the four to the model with the six.

Historically, going back to the 60s, econoboxes got a boost when gas went up, then big iron went back to selling when people either got used to the price or it dropped. In cash for clunkers, how many traded in a big truck for a slightly smaller truck?

(Even the Japanese know that when it costs a handful of billions to design a new car that won't see the showroom for three years, you design a car that you think will cover the investment.)