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What you need to know about the new, improved CAFE standards.

Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-JUN-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
It could be said that Bob Lutz is the Will Rogers of the auto industry, a source of pithy witticisms that often contain a core of unvarnished truth. One of the quotable quotes attributed to him that has been making the rounds lately is an analogy that CAFE standards are like trying to fight obesity by requiring tailors to make only small-sized clothes. With interest in the subject sparked by the recent release of new CAFE standards, versions of Lutz's 2007 comment can be found everywhere from auto blogs to Tom Friedman's column in the New York Times. It's an amusing analogy, but it might not be quite as apt in the future.

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