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Originally Posted by fbodfather
Not true.
Sorry.
CAFE is making it VERY HARD to justify what we'd planned.
You might want to write to your elected officials and tell 'em what you think about CAFE........
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***And this is the Bob Lutz interview from wardsauto.com***
Key Quote:
“I get letters from people saying they heard we were going to add a supercharged 600-hp V-8 to the Camaro lineup, and I write back saying ‘Sorry, with new (corporate average fuel economy) standards (for 2020), we aren’t going to do it.”
The new minimum CAFE standard of 35 mpg (6.7 L/100 km) in 2020 and additional pressure from California and 15 other states to limit carbon dioxide is part of what may force Chrysler LLC to jettison its Viper high-performance model. Chrysler said this week it was examining options for its Viper business, including a sale.
“Setting lower CO2 limits would equal setting CAFE at 43 mpg (5.5 L/100 km),” Lutz says. “This is why the sale of the Dodge Viper by Chrysler makes sense, because anyone selling fewer than 50,000 vehicles annually would be exempt (from fuel-economy requirements).
“So if someone else bought Viper, they could sell to capacity, but Chrysler couldn’t. This is why we are concerned about Corvette.
“The reason California set the exemption for less than 50,000 units is that it would mean the Hollywood folks could keep driving their Lamborghinis and Ferraris.”
Based on the 50,000-unit exemption “Porsche could sell 11-mpg (21.4 L/100 km) Cayennes, but we couldn’t sell 20-mpg (11.8 L/100 km) Chevy Tahoes,” Lutz adds.
Not very good news today, first I read a interview with Bob Lutz and he said
there will be no supercharged camaro, and then on another post from the
Fbodfather stating that cafe is making it very hard to justify building
the Top Dog Camaro , and to write to the goverment!!!
It looks like this might be the best we get (power wise) which is still great power, but the last thing I want is to pull up to the top mustang or challanger
and have to hang my head knowing we won't have a Top Dog fighter on our side!!!
Whos feeling the same!!??
:( :(
