Buyers don't want smaller cars, they want the cars they have now to be more fuel efficient. The knee jerk, worry worts are the ones that initially exclaim desire for fuel efficiency at any price (Prius over charging) and size (hot demand for the Mini). The majority of car buyers are not going to buy little cars. This will be especially true when buyers figure out that the high interest rates make holding onto their older cars a better economic choice.

Will Detroit want a bailout from the government when they have sunk money into little cars and there is no one to buy them?