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10 cars you don't want during a gas crisis
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Gas prices are spiking again -- $5 a gallon for regular in Los Angeles -- and drivers are predictably up in arms. The obligatory media frenzy is stoking their passions -- particularly on local news shows. An easy-to-understand camera-friendly story profiling angry citizens? There's a no-brainer for news directors.Politicians are certainly doing their part to fan the flames. Obama opponents are blaming the president, and some are even promising to bring back $2.50 a gallon gas. Maybe they'll bring back 15-cent McDonald's hamburgers, too. It won't be long before some public servant speaks up and urges the government to open the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to spare Americans from laying out more cash for a scarce and diminishing resource.
Meanwhile, drivers who confused themselves with Saudi princes and indulged their inner gas-guzzler when fuel was cheap are paying the price at the pump with their weighty rides. Here are some of their most notable offenders.
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
The mighty ZR1, known as "America's Super Car," is powered by a 638-horsepower engine, gets to 60 miles per hour in the world-class time of 3.8 seconds, and is capable of a top speed of 205 miles per hour. Good luck finding someplace where you can test those numbers. As the old saw goes, the `Vette will pass everything on the road except for a gas station. Figure on 14 mpg city/21 mpg highway for $112,000 worth of "velocity unleashed."
Chevrolet Suburban
The "Cowboy Cadillac" has been in production since 1935, making it the longest-lived automotive nameplate still on the road. That's a testament to its utility -- carrying up to nine passengers off-road -- and its profitability -- right at the top of GM's income statement. All that capability, however, requires nearly three tons of automobile powered by a V-8 engine that delivers only 15 miles per gallon in the city/21 mpg on the highway. With its 31-gallon fuel-tank, each Suburban fill-up will run you $100 or more.
Ford F-150
It's America's single favorite vehicle, and its variety of powertrain options and body styles make it the Heinz 57 of automobiles. What you won't find is a fuel-miser edition. Even the tiniest, regular cab F-150 is rated at 17 mpg city/23 mpg highway. Figure on even lower numbers if you add doors or displacement, or if you're hauling a trailer.
Land Rover Range Rover
The vehicle of choice for Downton Abbey fans, the $80,000 Range Rover looks equally grand parked in front of a country estate, roughing it in the wild, or, most likely, dropping off the kids at private school. As Edmunds.com observes, "High pricing only adds to its appeal." Presumably those folks won't mind stopping frequently to replenish the petrol in a vehicle that gets 12 mpg city/18 mpg highway.
