Are Americans Ready For Small Cars?

"Thanks to a growing small-car push by auto makers, driving some of the more interesting rides on the lot may mean bumping your head getting in... Cheap little cars appeal to young buyers, and with more boomers' kids now hitting dealerships, companies want to lock them in for life... And it doesn't hurt that selling fuel-efficient models like these helps manufacturers to meet the government's overall mileage targets -- freeing them to sell still more high-profit SUVs." [The link below is available to non-subscribers for a period of 7 days.]