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What Comes First, The Car Or The Buyer?

What Comes First, The Car Or The Buyer?: New fuel efficiency regulations will cost $157 billion to implement, auto regulators say, but that's also how much in gas savings car buyers will see through 2025, as long as the rules are effective. The new standards, under Corporate Average Fuel Economy regulations, require automakers' lineups to have an average gas mileage of 35.5 mpg ...

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