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 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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