DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co., which is credited with popularizing gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, will announce Thursday that it plans to improve the fuel economy of its fleet of SUVs by 25 percent over five years, according...

Memo to the auto industry: Small is in. In case plunging sales of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and big pickups didn't get the point across, a new report provided further evidence that sky-high pump prices were influencing...

...changing the sheets in a house of ill repute. It's worse than hypocritical. BMW came to that party with gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles. So did Toyota, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz. Honda sat in the parlor with a few less-than-economical...

WASHINGTON -- America's love affair with gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and pickups is keeping national fuel economy at a 20-year low, the government says. With automakers focusing on the bigger...

...to the automobile industry's satisfaction, remained unchanged since 1975 despite the proliferation of gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles, vans and pickup trucks. Acknowledging that such standards "have made a contribution in the past" by...

...models headed for showrooms get more than 30 mpg, government statistics show. Americans' appetite for gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles again held down the overall numbers for the 865 cars, trucks and vans listed in the annual fuel economy...

Car shoppers don't have to give up cargo space and utility when they give up their gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles. Photos Back | Next Back | Next They just need to look for a wagon - especially a small one like the 2009...

...available. Time to evaluate You have to wonder how much longer taxpayers will allow government agencies to use gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles instead of demanding a more economical ride. You have to wonder why the environmentalists didn't warn...