Just to put that in perspective for you ATX...
In its first "corporate citizenship report," issued at the company's annual shareholders' meeting in Atlanta, Ford Motor said "...SUVs contribute more than cars to global warming, emit more smog-causing pollution and endanger other motorists..." But concluded that they will "...keep building them because they are so profitable."
Now, I agree with the previous poster that it's important to give credit where credit is due -- and in the case of Ford, they did go ahead and improve safety and emissions standards of SUV's on their own after making this surprising admission.
However, the other American auto makers building oversized SUV's have neither admitted to the problems posed by SUV's or taken their own steps to correct them.
A million dollar donation to the Red Cross is a very nice gesture. But I question the sincerity of auto makers who continue to build cars that increase our dependence on foreign oil by millions of barrels per day when they know they can do better.
-Jason
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