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Detroit Enters Another Oil Shock Making Massive Vehicles

With the world bracing for energy disruption, the US is making massive vehicles like never before.
Drivers queuing round the block to buy fuel at a gas station on Capitol Hill in June 1979.Photographer: Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos
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For Americans, few images are more synonymous with the 1970s energy crisis than those of countless big cars lining up for gas. With oil markets now facing their most significant supply shock in decades, how much has changed, really?