Il Ritorno del SUV

E' bastato che il prezzo del petrolio rimanesse per qualche tempo intorno ai 60 dollari al barile, che molta gente si è convinta che non c'è più nessun problema. In America, le vendite di SUV sono aumentate del 12% e quella delle macchine ibride scese del 16%. (e neanche poi che le ibride siano quella grande cosa ecologica......)

Non è bella la vita? Cosa si può volere di più di avere in garage un ibrida da guidare tutti i giorni e una bella SUV da guidare la domenica? E' il ritorno della SUV. Coming to a theater near you......

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Hybrid Hypocrisy
About a quarter of hybrid owners have an SUV in the garage, too. Why the conflicted carports?

WEB EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Keith Naughton
Newsweek
Updated: 1:10 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2006

Nov. 10, 2006 - As gas prices have plunged since topping $3 a gallon this summer, a startling shift is taking place in the car market. Hybrid sales are slowing and SUV sales are speeding up.

Come again?

That’s right: the megawatt popularity of hybrids is dimming and Americans are rediscovering their favorite automotive guilty pleasure, gas-guzzling SUVs. And here’s something even more shocking: a surprising number of Americans have it both ways. They own a hybrid and an SUV. According to an analysis for NEWSWEEK by researcher GfK Automotive, 24.2 percent of hybrid owners also have an SUV in their garage. Oh sure, plenty of hybrid owners like small cars, too. One in five of them has a diminutive gas sipper in the family fleet. But SUVs, from large to little to luxurious, are hybrid owners’ No. 1 stablemate, according to GfK, an affiliate of the Roper research organization.


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