Green Car of the Year is a fit sell

As predicted by many of our readers, the controversial 2008 Green Car of the Year is total dud. GM’s attempt to wrap it’s king-sized SUVs in green packaging and sell them as “fuel efficient” is apparently falling flat on its face with the car-buying public — and it probably should. In a climate where gas is topping $4 a gallon, paying $53K for 5,500lb hybrid that boasts 22mpg highway seems a little absurd.

Although GM’s hulking hybrid SUOs (Sport Utility Oxymorons) seem

a little less than practical, it’s not just hybrid sales that are flagging. Americans are driving much less and demanding much better fuel economy than they were just a year ago. The big 3 have all announced that they’re slowing production on SUVs and full-sized pickups for next year. That explains at least part of why GM has only sold 1,100 of its projected 12,000 hybrid Tahoes and Yukons so far that year.

[via Treehugger]

Orginal post by Josh Loposer

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