"It has no attractive niche models that get people excited or stir the emotions.
But Toyota has stressed in an advertising campaign that it has several models that get more than 30 miles per gallon.
"We have 30 models that get over 30 miles per gallon, but the top 10 most fuel-efficient vehicles are less than 2percentt of sales," she said.
In fact, this year there are more than 160 models that get more than 30 miles per gallon for sale in the United States.
For the 2009 model year, General Motors is offering 18 models that get 30 miles per gallon on the highway — more than any other automaker, foreign or domestic, is offering.
"So I'm hoping to see one of those models that gets a top speed of 15 miles an hour, the ejector seat anytime boys are in the car".
FIAT In Italy, the Abarth name is applied to Fiat 500 models that get souped-up engines, tweaks to the ride and handling, aerodynamic aids and contrasting body stripes.
Fuel-economy standards present the same difficulty: although there are plenty of affordable models that get good gas mileage, over the past two decades some of the most powerful and least fuel-efficient vehicles on the market S.U.V.s and pickup trucks—have also been among the best-selling.
Other theoretical work suggests that models that get the behavior of phonons right may still get a material's thermal conductivity wrong, he says.
