Interesting article sent to me by a friend. We've all heard this before, but this guy says it pretty elegantly. Leave us not all be smug Prii drivers, however, as there is huge amounts of effort all of us need to expend in changing American consumption habits. http://www.tompaine.com/articles/whats_goo...dateid=20050407 Bob
The article refers to a 50% market share years ago. A recent article in Wash. Post stated present market share for GM is 22.5%. GM is heading for extinction. The other two arn't much better. Can you say hemi? They're both are coming out with 400 hp engines.
NASCAR is becoming more popular because a certain type longs to see *somebody* burning lots of gas in a noisy big-nice person car even though they themselves can't afford to do it. As years pass NASCAR crowds will consist mostly of old farts and their grandkids; NASCAR will become the 21st Century equivalent of a steam tractor show.
