Scooters sales up in U.S.

Not too surprising, given the increase in gasoline prices! Here are some sales numbers for scooters, from the May 30, 2008, issue of Business Week magazine (video):

• 2000: 42,000
• 2004: 96,000
• 2007: 131,000

In the first quarter of 2008, sales increased almost 25 percent over the same period last year.