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Originally Posted by john70t
I wanted to repeat and save this post for posterity.
Posture, or posteriure.
This thread has again been watered down.
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Originally Posted by kaisen
And since more of them are sold than hyper-mile economy cars, MORE fuel is saved in the SUV/CUV/Truck segments than will ever be saved by an Insight or Prius or Jetta TDI
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That's correct.
In 2004, the U.S. purchased more trucks than cars. 52.7% of ALL vehicles sold were 'light' trucks under 8500# GVWR. The CAFE standard was 20.7mpg. The fleet averaged 21.4mpg. The average truck had 237hp. 2% were diesels.
Just twenty years earlier, in 1984, light trucks represented only 24.4% of the market. The average truck had 119hp. 2% were diesels.
What isn't seen in this data is the tripling of sales in the over 8500# GVWR personal trucks (Excursions, Suburban 2500s, F250/350s, 3/4-1 ton GM and Dodge, etc) between 1984 and 2004.
With ALL light-duty trucks in the mix, we bought 7.1 million trucks last year (2010), versus 5.1 million cars. That's almost 40% more trucks than cars.
Today, if you want to make an impact, you will save more fuel by increasing the truck fleet just 1mpg than you would selling triple the number of Prii, Insights, and Jetta diesels. In 2010, hybrids accounted for only 2.4% of all vehicle sales. Diesels were less than 1% of all vehicles sold (under 8500# GVWR).
Does this math not make sense to you?