Sentences with phrase «until high gas prices»

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The Central Florida International Auto Show shifts into high gear this year with a lineup that includes several vehicles that are making their some of their first show appearances in America.Volkswagen is scheduled to pull the covers off it's all - new EuroVan, which replaces the trusty rear - engined model.Powered by a water - cooled, front - mounted, five - cylinder engine, theEuroVan is said to offer better performance, handling and gas mileage than the old model.No prices have been announced yet, and the van won't roll into showrooms until spring, but it should be competitive with such vans as the Mazda MPV, Toyota Previa and the Chrysler and GM minivans.

It will significantly reduce your depreciation costs which, until the recent surge in gas prices, were the highest cost component to owning an automobile.

Rising production, record end - of - winter storage inventories, and mild weather contributed to spot natural gas prices nearing their lowest levels in a decade until prices rebounded at most trading points to the high $ 2 / MMBtu range by the end of June.

With last year's high gas prices fading in our memories, and with the Copenhagen climate talks grabbing the headlines, the peak oil meme seemed, until recently, to have been taking a bit of a breather.

Until the recent spike in gas prices, much of the discussion about solving our transportation problems — namely, emissions from cars and dependence on foreign oil — centered on increasing the efficiency of the vehicles we drive through higher CAFE standards and new designs.