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In Reply to: cafe posted by late on June 26, 2000 at 16:18:51:

CAFE still exists. It's just that, when it was drafted, it did not include trucks -- or at least subjected them to much easier standards.
That was before the rise in popularity of SUVs and, even minivans. Auto companies phased out the production of station wagons (which were cars under CAFE) and started making SUVs. People bought them initially for the same reason they bought station wagons -- versatility. The 4wd thing was kind of an added bonus. Now they're so widespread (and the source of Detroit's "resurgence" vis-a-vis imported products) that it would be politically unpopular to kill them by subjecting them to car standards.

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i think there was a fleet standard late 17:26:23 06/26/00 (1)
Hi Bruce,
wasn't there something like a goal that the car companies had to meet?
- Re: i think there was a fleet standard Bruce from DC 20:28:37 06/26/00 (0)
  I believe that's correct. But the "fleet" does not include "light" or heavy trucks. I read an article recently that said that GM loses something like $1000 per car on small cars like the Cavalier. But it sells them so that it can sell more profitable large luxury cars in quantity and maintain the fleet average.

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