Representative John Dingell says tightening fuel efficiency rules unfairly penalizes domestic carmakers and rewards foreign rivals that make small cars.

“The American auto industry has sold the cars people wanted. You’re going to blame the auto industry for that or the American consumer? He likes it sitting in his driveway, he likes it big, he likes it safe.” –John Dingell

And when the exceptionally low price of oil suddenly shifts, as it has now, those manufacturers whose market is predicated on that exception find their products no longer appealing and their business seemingly no longer viable.