Those who complained about how the unions screw up GM and Ford might want to read this column. Apparently, the unions forced GM and Ford to overstock their lines with gas guzzlers.
How many times are the corporate GOPers at Ford and GM going to get caught with this particular pants down around their knees?
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The Least Fuel-Efficient Cars
Forbes.com
By Dan Lienert
You've heard the saying, "Waste not, want not?" The motto for the cars in the following slide show should be, "Waste and want." They are wasteful, and you want them.
Our list of the least fuel-efficient 2006-model cars, according to recently released data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), includes such dreamboats as the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti from Fiat, the Continental Flying Spur from Bentley and the Aston Martin DB9 from Ford Motor. To the people who buy these exotics, fuel-economy figures mean squat. But it is worth noting that the sexiest cars are often the most wasteful.
Early into the 2006-model year, the EPA has not yet published fuel-economy figures for all cars. But it has for many, and plenty of lessons emerge from the list of the least fuel-efficient cars, which you can see in the slide show that follows this piece.
Go to Forbes.com to view the least fuel-efficient cars.
Of the 24 cars in the slide show, 14 (58%) are high-end models--luxury cars, exotic sports cars or rich-guy toys, like the 500-hp Dodge Ram SRT-10 pickup from DaimlerChrysler.
Seven of the cars (29%) are sport utility vehicles, which is curious because we only intended to point out the two least efficient SUVs on the market. The thing is, there were so many of them with abysmal mileage that a massive tie clogs the SUV category.
But most of us know SUVs are wasteful. The most provocative lesson in the slide show involves a blunder by the Big Three: American cars dominate the list.
It's a blunder because American automakers are issuing an armada of advertising touting "innovation" and alternative fuels. More and more gas/electric hybrid vehicles are on the way, they say, as are hydrogen cars and improvements in the fuel-economy of current-generation models. In a new round of television spots, Ford Chairman William C. Ford Jr. says, "Innovation will be the compass that guides this company going forward" and discusses plans for massive increases in hybrid availability.
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