Hope Nissan is watching this...

Jeffblue

Lots of people would want to buy heroin, but the government doesn't want us to because it is dangerous and causes people to become junkies that commit crimes like theft to pay for their fix. just because something can turn a profit doesn't mean it should be sold. People don't go out and buy big engine sports cars because they're practical, they are for fun. Sports cars will never make up enough of the market to make any impact on emissions. SUV's however, make up a huge part of the market, and curtailing their sale and thus, their emissions is important. YES peopel will buy big SUV's and therefore companies like GM would be able to turn a profit on them, but they arent good for the environment. If you're not hauling anything or going off road, you are really just driving a glorified minivan.

Gov't has every right to push GM to sell what they want it to because the gov't basically own's GM. If GM were capable of making cars that people wanted, they wouldn't have done so poorly and needed to be bailed out in the first place. They milked the SUV fad for all it was worth instead of R&D for the new generation of cars, and they suffer for it now.