It's official: Buyers downsized - Since 2007, we shifted from big rides to small

摘要

As Americans emerge from recession, they are buying much different vehicles than they did before the crash: smaller, more fuel-efficient, less ostentatious. A major shift has taken place since 2007, the last of the boom years and the finale of the rosy period preceding two years of turmoil that began with a spike in fuel prices early in 2008.