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  • Yet his forward-looking projects couldn't counteract GM's image as a stodgy manufacturer of what Money magazine once called "fuel-thirsty luxobarges."

    Engineer Ran GM in Dark Early '90s Stephen Miller 2011

  • In Europe and North America, it said, 40% of the planes delivered through 2020 will replace older, more fuel-thirsty aircraft.

    Boeing Sees Rising Aircraft Demand David Pearson 2011

  • As a sweetener for the deal, Airbus agreed to buy back five of China Eastern's four-engine, fuel-thirsty Airbus A340-300 aircraft.

    China Eastern to Focus on Short-Haul Flights Joanne Chiu 2011

  • Boeing has poured billions of dollars into developing the family of the sleek blue-and-white 787 jetliners, which feature radical departures from other planes in design to make the planes quieter, lighter and less fuel-thirsty.

    Boeing Dreamliner passes in-flight stall tests 2010

  • In Europe and North America, it said, 40% of the planes delivered through 2020 will replace older, more fuel-thirsty aircraft.

    Boeing Sees Rising Aircraft Demand David Pearson 2011

  • The new federal fuel-efficiency rules will push many high-powered, fuel-thirsty luxury sports cars to match the fuel-sipping ways of cars like the Honda Fit subcompact.

    Why Sports Cars Could Cost More Joseph B. White 2010

  • The new federal fuel-efficiency rules will push many high-powered, fuel-thirsty luxury sports cars to match the fuel-sipping ways of cars like the Honda Fit subcompact.

    Why Sports Cars Could Cost More Joseph B. White 2010

  • The new federal fuel-efficiency rules will push many high-powered, fuel-thirsty luxury sports cars to match the fuel-sipping ways of cars like the Honda Fit subcompact.

    Why Sports Cars Could Cost More Joseph B. White 2010

  • In its gasoline-powered versions, the BMW X5 is a fuel-thirsty beast, rated at just 15 miles per gallon in the city — 22 on the highway for the 5. 0-liter V-8.

    Pushing Diesel as an Energy Saver 2009

  • In the short term, GM and Chrysler need to generate cash flow by building and selling many more of the comparatively fuel-thirsty vehicles -- pickups such as the Chevrolet Silverado and Dodge Ram, and family haulers such as the Chrysler minivan and Chevrolet Traverse.

    Obama's Fuel Rules Risk Complicating 2009

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