2012 Toyota Prius C

It seems like it was just a few years ago that the automobile manufacturers used to laugh at us when we are, why has a new model can not ask a lower fuel consumption than its predecessor, outgoing. "Car buyers do not care about fuel economy," was the refrain: "You certainly will not pay."

A couple of years three and four-dollar-per-gallon gas has apparently changed this setting. According to a new study by Consumer Reports, said 37 percent of respondents said that fuel was now their most important consideration in buying car, topping all others by a landslide. Quality was the second most important factor in 17 percent, while the security of 16 percent and 14 percent of the value of the buyer was mentioned. Two thirds of respondents said they expect their next new vehicle to their current hit on fuel economy. And yes, it's the economy, stupid, since 90 percent of respondents said high gas prices were the reason why they wanted a more economical vehicle.

None of this is surprising in view of what is both in the automotive industry and in the wider economy happened since the economic collapse of 2008. But we still kind of wonder how the performance rate to number one failed with only six percent of respondents? Is it then, there are six times more than the T totalers car enthusiasts out there in the world? CR says that it has received about 2009 people across the country to get the results, responses from 1,702 adult car owners.