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Planet Ark :
US gas guzzlers top "Meanest Vehicles" list

USA: February 7, 2002

DETROIT - Detroit Big Three automakers produce the biggest gas 
guzzlers on this year's list of "Meanest Vehicles for the 
Environment," which is compiled by The American Council for an 
Energy-Efficient Economy, a Washington-based environmental watchdog 
group.

But offerings from luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz, a German unit of 
German-American DaimlerChrysler AG , Lexus, the upscale division of 
Toyota Motor Co. , and sports car maker Lamborghini also appear on 
the "dirty dozen" list.

Compiled since 1998, the list names 12 cars and trucks that are 
considered the biggest offenders to the environment in their model 
year. It is based on a variety of factors including poor fuel 
efficiency, the size and exact makeup of a vehicle's smog-forming 
tailpipe emissions and their impact on public health and the 
environment.

General Motors Corp. , the world's largest automaker, produces three 
of the five vehicles deemed most unfriendly to the environment in the 
2002 model year, all of which are full-sized sport utility vehicles 
with automatic transmissions and four-wheel or all-wheel drive.

SUVs from crosstown rivals Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler make up the 
rest of the top five, and U.S. automakers produced nine of the 12 
most ignominious vehicles overall, according to the ACEEE.

Lamborghini's gas-crazed L-147 Murcielago sports car took sixth 
place, however, followed in the No. 8 spot by the military-styled 
Mercedes-Benz G500, a muscle-bound SUV that went on sale in the 
United States last year.

Toyota, meanwhile, figured in 10th place thanks to its Land Cruiser 
and Lexus LX 470 - sister SUVs that are among the oldest and 
thirstiest vehicles the stable of cars and trucks from Japan's top 
automaker.

Japanese automakers, incidentally, produce all but one of the 12 cars 
and trucks included on the ACEEE's list of "Greenest Vehicles of 
2002."

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE


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