Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Makore ekuma1990 akatanga makore gumi mukuderera, uko kwakaguma nokutengeswa kwemotokari kwakaderera uye kurasikirwa kwekushanda. Mukuwedzera, Kupinda muKuwait
neIraq zvakakonzera kukwira kwenguva pfupi mumitengo yemafuta. Zvisinei, vagadziri vemotokari vakakurumidza kupora. Pakati pemakore ekuma1990, kutengeswa kwemotokari dzakareruka (dzinosanganisira motokari dzeSport utility, Pickup trucks uye Minivans) dzakatanga kukwira zvakanyanya. Nemhaka yemitemo yeCorporate Average Fuel Economy inosiyanisa pakati pemotokari dzevatakuri nemarori akareruka, vagadziri vemotokari vakakwanisa kutengesa mota dzakakura uye dzinorema vasingatyi faindi dzeCAFE. Mitengo yakaderera yemafuta yakakurudzirawo vatengi kutenga motokari idzi dzinopedza mafuta akawanda. Vagadziri vemotokari vokuAmerica vakatengesa pamwe chete, uye kunyange zvakasiyana, mamiriyoni emarori edzimba nemarori edzimba dzomukati munguva iyi. Zvinhu zvakatengwa kunze kwenyika zvakadai seToyota 4Runner, Land Cruiser, Tacoma, uye Nissan Pathfinder neFrontier zvaizivikanwawo munguva iyi.