Those lovely car companies, looking out for your best interests….as always

You just don’t hear enough good things being said about Car Companies. It must be that damned liberal elite media keeping all those good stories out and only writing about the negative stuff.

Fighting for the Right to Make Big Cars

The $1 million-plus campaign was launched with little fanfare this weekend by the AAM, the trade association that represents General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), DaimlerChrysler (DCX), Toyota Motor (TM), BMW (BMWG), and four other automakers. The radio and print advertisements—running in 10 states with high percentages of light truck and SUV owners—urge people to call their representatives in Congress to oppose “extreme fuel mandates.” The states are Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

 Because incorporating fuel-efficiency measures into their fleets is more expensive for automakers, they have long advocated other measures including biofuel production and flexible-fuel vehicle production, with controversial results (see BusinessWeek.com, 3/28/07, “The Dirty Secret About Clean Cars”).

Wait a god damned minute!  You mean to tell me, that car mfg’s don’t want to increase MPG’s in their car’s because it cost’s too much?  That creating a product people will buy isn’t cost effective?  Can someone tell me why Ford is failing again?

 In 1975, Congress required automakers to boost fuel economy for cars from 13 mpg to 27.5 mpg in 10 years. Congress hasn’t adopted a fuel economy increase since that ruling. 

 you tell me who your Congress works for…