I think I tried to explain this in one of the other forums but Chrysler almost didn't build the PT Cruiser. When one of the federal agencies classified it as a "truck", CD couldn't start to build them fast enough because classifing it as a truck made the CAFE standards in reach for the truck division which pleased CD to no ends. With the PT listed at about 21 mpg, and a lot of the CD V8 trucks in the lower teens, CD was about to get fined $$$ big time for not reaching a certain goal. The PT helped CD meet that goal.
