[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by john70t

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car_news/honda_and_toyota_models_top_mpg_chart_car_news
"Honda had the highest fuel economy of any manufacturer with 22.9 mpg, a slight decrease compared with its 2006 lineup. Toyota posted a 22.8 mpg average for its 2007 vehicles compared with 22.4 mpg the previous year. Toyota's gas-electric Prius hybrid had the highest combined fuel economy of any passenger car with 46.2 mpg."

A whopping 22mpg???
My 89 Civic hatch got 37mpg, and a Geo Metro got over 50mpg highway. The freakin' ModelT got 25mpg!
Build it and they will come. "They" aren't building it, or allowed to import it.

Honda has a 22 MPG truck, 25 MPG SUV, and V6 Accord models to pull down that average. Though 22.9 seems low. Toyota makes sense, as they have the nearly 400 HP Tundra truck and Sequoia SUV, along with the low-20s Tacoma, and several mid-20s SUVs. On the other side of things, they both sell multiple 30+ MPG cars.

Supe, management is responsible for pushing the domestic makers into the water. Unions are the anchor around their necks, pulling them to the bottom.

I've seen talk of bankruptcy for both Chrysler and GM in the news recently. Layoffs everywhere, Chrysler cutting minivan production, major incentives to move product, etc. Poor planning and inferior product, probably not the best way to get through lean times.