By
Colin MathewsColin Mathews, November 20th, 2008
Wow, even cigar-smoking, bodybuilding, one-time Conan the Barbarian Schwarzenegger the Governator has been forced to face the facts of fuel efficiency. The juiced-up juggernaut posed next to a girlie little
Saturn VUE Hybrid at the L.A.
Auto Show, perhaps a concession to his left-coast state that sells more
Toyota Priuses and
Civic Hybrids than probably any other state in the union. Schwarzenegger, of course, was one of the first adopters of the hulking
Hummer H1, a barely disguised HUMVEE military vehicle peddled to rich former movie stars by GM back when gas was cheap and environmentalism was strictly the domain of anti-American left-wing...
Wow, even cigar-smoking, bodybuilding, one-time Conan the Barbarian Schwarzenegger the Governator has been forced to face the facts of fuel efficiency. The juiced-up juggernaut posed next to a girlie little Saturn VUE Hybrid at the L.A. Auto Show, perhaps a concession to his left-coast state that sells more Toyota Priuses and Civic Hybrids than probably any other state in the union. Schwarzenegger, of course, was one of the first adopters of the hulking Hummer H1, a barely disguised HUMVEE military vehicle peddled to rich former movie stars by GM back when gas was cheap and environmentalism was strictly the domain of anti-American left-wing...
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Tags: Marketing, Politics, Los Angeles Auto Show, General Motors, Celebrities
Posted in: 2006, 2009, Saturn, HUMMER, Sports Cars, Hybrid, Green, H1
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