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Actually, no, it's not what we want, and somehow even with sagging sales the American automotive industry keeps pushing crap at consumers.

In an 'oh so witty' response to the presidential candidates call for better fuel economy the car manufacturers insisted that it wasn't something the public was truly interested in. The quote ran something along the lines of "well what Americans want to buy is bigger engines, more towing power and greater seating capacity." Well I suppose the logic here is that if one out of the three statements might be true, then they all might be true.

Still, at over $3 a gallon they're thinking we want less fuel efficient cars? And what about the statement of "towing power". Towing what? There are multitudes of US residents sitting around lamenting the fact that their current vehicle isn't buff enough to tow... their boats? their campers? their trailers with matching snowmobiles? I dunno personally, I don't have any of the above, nor, for that matter, do any of my friends.

At some point you might think that common sense could prevail. After all, if the American car manufacturers really made cars the public wanted, don't you think that maybe, just maybe, they might be able to sell a few?