US AUTO MAKERS SHOULD BE keen to know CUSTOMERS opinion about
Amber light is more visible than red light to most people.
Most A·mer·i·can cars do not have amber lights in the back,but the europens and the Japanese auto makers do.
It’s cheap to make all or most of your cars this way,like the 60’s and the 70’s..
If you dout me,try putting on display the same car (two) one with red and the other with amber tail lights and get the customers opinion on looks.( ATTRACTION)
Amber (yellow) flashing and/or rotating lights on tow trucks, snow
plows, and highway department vehicles are *not* “emergency” lights — they
are *warning* lights. Recent law enforcement studies have showed that
drivers “impaired” by alcohol and/or drugs are actually attracted *to*
flashing red lights like those on many police/fire/ambulance vehicles (and
flashing red taillights or “4-way flashers”) — while amber “warning”
lights effectively warn those “impaired” drivers away. As a result, many
police cars and ambulances in our area now have at least one amber
“warning” light somewhere on the back of the vehicle (and I often see
yellow “lightstick” arrow bars in use, as well). Similar “warning lights”
are now readily available for the general public to use to mark a
*stationary* vehicle in a hazard situation, such as when changing a tire on
the side of a busy road, and I believe it is entirely appropriate for news
photographers to effectively mark their *stationary* vehicles as hazards
when they must park in less-than-ideal locations.
The chevy camaro and Pontiac firebird the same basic au·to·mo·bile.(Pontiac solstice/Saturn sky is the same car..customer have no option of a 6 cylinder only what you throw at us.
You had two nice modles that you dis·con·tin·ued,they were the Pontiac fiero and mercury Capri.
What would they look like now if you had inproved on them?
out·sourc·ing ,lay-offs, Foreign countrys like china workers will not solve this problem.
I worked for Toyota for one year(contract in Information Technology department as a computer tech. And a car lover.) I saw how they copied the Chevrolet astro van and made a Toyota-scion.
The question is, will anyone in Detroit listen or smart enough to see what the people who are buying,but not usa product.(made in Canada or mexico did’nt help.
It dos’nt take a rocket scientist to figure this out,only common sense.

CALVIN JONES
626-841-0395
1343 W. SAN BERNARDINO RD.
COVINA,CA 91722
3/30/2006

Yes you are aboslutely correct - one of the best ways to improve gas mileage in any vehicle is to change the way you drive. Driving more efficiently and keeping a steady speed on the highway does help you save up on gas. Aggressive acceleration and braking can reduce your gas mileage by as much as 33 percent on highways and 5 percent on city streets simply because you use more gas when driving at high speeds. Your example demonstrates this fact.

By the way, I checked up on the fuel mileage statistics of the Nissan Titan pickup at fueleconomy.gov. Your truck has a fuel mileage of 14 mpg (city) and 19 mpg (highway) with an overall combined fuel mileage of 16 mpg. Not bad really. However, I guess Consumer Reports named only three pickups as the best on its list. Yet, the Nissan Titan does have good fuel mileage apparently.

Rowan