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What Consumers Need to Know About 'Cash for Clunkers'
Jul 31st, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
If you have been waiting to trade in an old gas guzzler to take advantage of the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program, it's probably time to make a move. That is one of...

Gas Guzzler videos from YouTube:

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"the chaser's war on everything" sings about gas guzzlers
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From Greenpeace UK. Their take on SUV drivers. For further info on "green" vehicles and environmental issues, visit www.greenpeace.org.uk
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Human Giant - Gas Guzzlers
Watch new episodes of Human Giant on MTV - Tuesdays at 11pm
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Gas Guzzlers A Hard Sell
Trying to sell your automobile? Better hope it's not a gas guzzler.

Gas Guzzler from WikiPedia:

Gas-guzzler commonly refers to a vehicle that consumes fuel inefficiently.

The term originally came into use in the US when congress established Gas Guzzler Tax provisions in the Energy Tax Act of 1978 to discourage the production and purchase of fuel-inefficient vehicles. The gas guzzler tax had applied only to cars (not trucks) and was collected by the IRS.

Today the term is often used to refer to SUVs or other semi-large vehicles that qualify as "light trucks". Nevertheless the term extends to all fuel-inefficient vehicles, from antiquated V8 American classics to Italian-bred sports cars. A Lamborghini Murcielago, a Plymouth Roadrunner, and a Hummer H2 might all be classified as gas-guzzlers, though they are very different cars.

Common examples of 'gas-guzzlers' include:

SUVs
Pickup trucks
Full-size vans
High performance sports cars
Classic musclecars
Some luxury cars.
Most old cars can be regarded to have bad fuel economy (North American models averaging between 9 mpg-US (26 L/100 km; 11 mpg-imp) - 19 mpg-US (12 L/100 km; 23 mpg-imp) when compared to similar modern vehicles.