STARS ARE TWO-FACED ON SUVS

[SJ]

Jason:

I agree wholeheartedly. My biggest consumer wish is to see Ford and GM introduce cars, trucks, and SUVs that offer greater efficiencies. Design, parts sourcing, and manufacturing should be firmly planted in America.

Ford is supposed to offer a Hybrid Escape SUV in the Summer of '04 and GM is working on at least 5 near-term models that use alternative fuel sources.

As you stated, the profit motivation is what blinds some of the manufacturers at this stage of the game.

I refuse to buy a Japanese nameplate [very expensive consumer product and too valuable of an industry to justify my proliferation of a foreign entity], but I also want to be a productive member of society, so I'm hoping that GM and Ford step up to the plate before it's too late.