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Originally Posted by gtahvit
I need to think about this.....
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Basically, I'm saying that GM can't afford to spend the resources on a Z28 and that those resources will be spent when they are available and when it doesn't kill GM's environmental law-abiding production. A Z28 will exist when it doesn't significantly bring down GM's CAFE rating. This will happen when less trucks and more compacts are being produced and sold.
The thing about CAFE is that it puts a ceiling on performance, or at least a floor on fuel economy, and those restrictions will lead to less efficient cars in the future. If GM can't build a low efficiency car in 3 years, why should it develop one now? The cost of R&D isn't at all justified. Instead, GM needs to make some bank to justify the expense of R&D on an efficient and powerful Z28. Unless it can be as efficient as it is powerful, the Z28 will hurt GM's green approach.