Mon 15 Jun 2009
From the 5 Minute Forecast:
Sign of the times: Name the best-selling car in the United States. Nope, not the Toyota Camry, although that?s a good guess. No, in these recessionary times the crown goes to…
No bailout money was used in the production of this automobile.
Yes, it?s the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, a venerable model introduced in 1979 ? earning itself a permanent spot recently at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.
With an MSRP of around $60, the pedal-powered single-seater sold more than 457,000 units last year ? more than any model of the gasoline-powered variety. It?s American-made in Hudson, Ohio, and free of the taint of bailout money or White House-engineered bankruptcy proceedings that hosed secured creditors.