Do you hate SUVs because they guzzle gas or do you hate the haters?
Photo by sarahgoldsmith . Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. The days of the SUV carnivals are over. The motor press in the UK is engaged in a debate on the social acceptability of SUVs. Which? Car recently posted a story asking if it was time to ditch the 4×4 (the UK term for SUVs. The Association of British Drivers wasn’t about to stand for that and fired back with a press release (pasted after the jump) that said that Which? Car’s claim that gas-guzzling SUVs “are becoming socially unacceptable – unless you are a farmer” was an “insensitive and unjustified comment” that was in appropriate given the economic downturn (seriously). The ABD continues defending SUVs by saying they can be used for many tasks and says that the anti-SUV rhetoric is based on “left-wing envy of anyone who has the ability to choose to run a relatively expensive car, and generally they object to any car that saves people from having to use public transport.” Car Blog Greenthe whole thing after the jump, and remember, the Association of British Drivers pretty much called Al Gore a Nazi . [Source: Which? Car , Association of British Drivers] Do you hate SUVs because they guzzle gas or do you hate the haters? originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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Leave a commentGeneva Preview: Pininfarina will bring B0 (B Zero) concept to Geneva
If you couldn’t get enough of the gorgeous B0 (B Zero) electric car concept that the Italian design house of Pininfarina unveiled at the Paris Motor Show early last October than you might construe this as good news, it’s coming to the 2009 Geneva Motor Show as well. Unfortunately, that means they won’t be bringing a working prototype of the concept as had been expected. According to a report by Reuters, the Pininfarina family is selling off a majority stake in the company in an attempt to deal with its debt which, thanks to an 80 percent drop in its stock price over the past year, is many times its market capitalization.The effects of the global economic slowdown on its customers has not helped the situation and so production has been slowed at its three factories in an attempt to reduce costs. Not only are we a little disappointed about this development but we aren’t sure that leaving the prototype at home was the wisest of decisions. Since the B0 is seen as an important part of the company’s future viability and the search for a buyer is about to begin in earnest, wouldn’t it be prudent to trot out a marketable prototype for the world’s automotive press to fawn over? We say, “Swing per la recinzione!” (Swing for the fence!) What say you? Gallery: Pininfarina B0 [Source: Reuters ] Auto Blog: EV/Plug-in , Geneva Motor Show , Europe/EU Geneva Preview: Pininfarina will bring B0 (B Zero) concept to Geneva originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds .Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green | Car Blog Green
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