We've often referred to GWB as "the Dumber." And you all know what we think of Obama.
It won't surprise you to learn that they teamed up to kill off the passenger car.
...After 1985, the CAFE standards didn’t change for 25 years. But then in 2010, thanks to George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the mandate for cars started ramping up again, hitting 44.2 mpg in 2020. The one for “light trucks,” however, went up far more slowly.
As a result, while cars only had to be 17% more fuel efficient than “light trucks” in 2010, in 2025 they had to be 40% more efficient, according to data from the Department of Energy.
Not surprisingly, that’s when sales of SUVs started to overwhelm the market. (See the chart above.)
“If you could build a passenger vehicle that people wanted to buy, classify it as a light truck, and face a significantly lower regulatory burden while doing so, why would you build sedans?” writes Autoblog’s James Ochoa....
Buick and Chevy no longer offer cars. Ford offers the Mustang--for the time being. Chrysler will bring back the 300, after killing it off a couple years ago.
By the way, that change in offerings is deadly. See the linked article.
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