A mid-July, 2008 media release by the Ford Motor Corp. provides insight into how the old American automaker looks at its future.
Ford presented tips on how motorists can save gas over the summer travel season by changing their driving behavior.
The public relations announcement occurred the same month that the company publicly admitted to a forthcoming focus toward small, fuel-efficient vehicles, and away from the trucks that made it so much money the past decade.
Built Ford Green?
The thrust of the message to consumers is, “We want to help you save gas!”
That said, which cars are the least attractive to the environmentally friendly driver?
Most station wagons have bodies that essentially are modified sedans. They are passenger vehicles, but with an expanded rear cargo area, and almost always a rear window that is nearly vertical.
Infiniti was born in 1990 as Nissan’s luxury division – as Acura is for Honda, and Lexus for Toyota.
Take for example the 2009 Toyota Corolla. It’s not so simple to just take one and roll from a dealer’s lot.
Motorists did not plan well. What we’ve seen so far is just fewer people talking on their phones in cars – as if they had no better solution than to screen calls coming in and pull over as soon as possible to respond.
The mid-size sedan is and has been a fixture on American roadways for quite some time. They often top lists of the nation’s best-selling automobiles.
On the flip side, the Associated Press reported June 30 that Chrysler plans to close a St. Louis-area factory and drop a shift from another plant due to falling demand for minivans and pickup trucks.