As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars

The switch to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles... has accelerated recently with the advent of $3.50-a-gallon gas...In another first, fuel-sipping four-cylinder engines surpassed six-cylinder models in popularity in April.

"It's easily the most dramatic segment shift I have witnessed in the market in my 31 years here," said George Pipas, chief sales analyst for the Ford Motor Company. Full Story »

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by George Blahusiak - May. 4, 2008

Average story. It's happened once before too, but didn't last. And by the way, how much have wages gone up over the same period of time?

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by Dale Penn - May. 3, 2008

Good story on the connection between high gas prices, economic pressures and a trend away from SUVs to small cars. Perhaps there is no other side to this story to balance what is being said about the trend.

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by Juliet Sallette - May. 3, 2008

Great article. The author gave the readers food for thought without being too preachy on the subject that people are being more responsible in wake of the gas crisis.

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by Tish Grier - May. 2, 2008

A straightforward look at the move by many Americans to buy smaller cars--and how the big American car makers will have to adjust to this shift.

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by Mike LaBonte - May. 9, 2008

Good sources and graphical evidence.

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by Fabrice Florin - May. 2, 2008
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by Joel Kulenkamp - May. 2, 2008
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by Beth Wellington - May. 2, 2008
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