Sidestepping the gas guzzlers.
Having lived through several months of gas prices at $3 a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. and higher, more Americans are choosing fuel-efficient fu·el-ef·fi·cient
adj.
Operable using comparatively little fuel: fuel-efficient cars.
fu cars over SUV's and other big vehicles. Detroit's carmakers stilt stilt, common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet. Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo. produce more tight trucks than cars; Ford and Chrysler just reported their largest losses in years.
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