Will Americans start driving smaller cars now because of fuel prices?

when you drive by a gas station, count how many SUV, big expensive cars Hummer, people with money to buy big cars don't worry, people that cannot afford big cars are the one's that hurt. the working class that are making sure that there is food on the tables for the kids, that leave 5:00am to drive to a min wage job that is over an hour away are the one that hurt, there also the ones that drive small cars that might not make it. as long as we have big cars and big bucks, i see no change.

No.... because most Americans have some sort of "short man syndrome" or "penis envy" because driving a scooter, Smart Car, small car, etc.... is "gay" if you are a man. Although European 150cc scooters, the smart car, etc....are just as fast or safe as a huge Harley Davidson or Chevy Avalanche, you will never catch an American man in a smart car or on a scooter. Until gas is $10 a gallon, in which case then things might change.

American are more stubborn that a mule. They will only change if the price of gas is SO HIGH that they LITERALLY have to walk to work. Even these days I see plenty of people driving around in GIANT truck. I talking about moms and young girls in college. Even here you can find plenty of people boldly claim - I'm not giving up my SUV.... idiots in red, white and blue. We are only getting what we asked for. Good Luck...

In the past, we had big vehicles because of cheap fuel and wide open spaces. Our cities and suburbs aren't as congested as Europe cities, But finally, this latest increase in fuel prices has ended the popularity of SUVs. Sales of SUV and big pickup trucks are down by 40%. GM will shut down 2 of its 3 SUV plants and will shift its workers to its small car plants. GM is on the fasttrack to produce its Chevy Volt in two years. Crossover vehicles (small suvs with higher gas mileage) are now popular. So unless gasoline ever goes back to $2.00 a gallon its over (for the most part) for the gas guzzlers.

Just because you measure fuel in liters instead of gallons doesn't mean we're getting more fuel for the price, but we probably are. Yesterday I paid $4.35 per gallon for gas. This is the same as 0.73 Euros per liter. If I get 22 miles per gallon that is the same as 9.4 km per liter. Click on the links below to see the 'calculations'.

not all of them becuase there will still be some rich snobby sob driving the biggest hummer out ther or a ford excursion

they can afford it. $5 a gallon is nothing to some people.

F no we like to go fast a larger displacement gives more torque in general and that means more passing power also your crash standards probably differ from ours making it possible to have a lighter yaris then the us version and thus the need for a increased displacement to get the same acceleration many people have gone to motorcycles as a alternative but a need for a full sized truck or such to pull toys is and will always be the need for a larger trucks the wide stance gives greater stability at high speeds and during corning gives less lean in cars i have seen that smart and was somewhat impressed i will probably never own one though but who knows i will always buy a car if i think that i can make money on it and yea you guys are really getting messed up as the transport ion cost should be less because of the distance the oil has to travel i dont know i never really looked into it i figured it was a tax or something like that that drove it up goodluck