The buying binge has renewed the American auto fleet as well, and many auto analysts are predicting sluggish sales in 1987.

China in one quarter increases its emissions by more than we would save over ten years if our entire auto fleet got 30 mpg overnight.

Moreover, its auto fleets -one car for every 1.8 people - burn more gasoline per mile on average than those of other industrialized nations.

More publicity followed, and both the membership rolls and the auto fleet multiplied several times over.

The proposal calls for withdrawing government backing for terrorism coverage for commercial auto fleets and general liability.

The most efficient way of making the national auto fleet guzzle less fuel would be to slap a stiff tax on gasoline.

Still, some analysts pointed to weak spots in Chrysler's numbers, particularly its rising marketing costs and a growing percentage of sales to auto fleets.

This is not the first time Congress has wrestled with the issue of squeezing more mileage out of America's auto fleet.

In Los Angeles, he said, about one-third of the auto fleet generates half the pollution.

Under the guise of conservation, regulation supporters can redesign the auto fleet and hammer people with bad taste.