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They are, more or less, using it as a cover and a handicap.
Could GM create a bunch of tdi Cobalts getting 50mpg? Hell yeah they could.
They are looking at it wrong. Instead of increasing gas milage of high volume cars, they are cutting the big gas guzzlers.
Viper is dead. Hemi's life span is over
GM is using this CAFE thing as more of a bs cover. The Ultra V8 they cut wouldnt have hurt CAFE, it was just getting very expensive to make, and GM will eventually move back to it once things stablize.
GM also cut the Impala not cause CAFE, but because of the popularity of a FWD Impala in the market. If you look, a V6 G8 weights about the same as a V6 Impala.
Again...diesel V6 getting 35-40mpg could goa long way. But America doesnt like diesel engines, and I dont think that GM wants to invest that much money in a diesel car, hoping that people will buy it.
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2/20/2013: They Day the ****s Stopped
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