Official data shows gas guzzling sports utility vehicles are their favourites.

Sales for all three automakers have plunged this year as consumers have abandoned gas- guzzling sports-utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans.

Detroit's Big Three have suffered plunging auto sales as consumers have abandoned their bigger, gas- guzzling sports-utility vehicles, pickup trucks and minivans.

Besides, Hummer, as an expensive, gas- guzzling sports utility vehicle, would not fit in with the government's policy of encouraging energy-efficient vehicles, the radio said.

Plans to revive the Karma as a traditional gas- guzzling sports car were revealed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court documents and by a person briefed on them.