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Old 05-15-2009, 11:26 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by CamaroHutch View Post
If you dont think people who bought SS are worried about MGP, then why would GM put the L99 in the Auto, with AFM? They know MPG is on the majority of peoples minds now. They want people who were on the fence to come on over to the SS side, because the MPG were not that bad. I would guess the'll sell 50% more than they would if it only got 18hwy.
AFM is offered on the Camaro to avoid the gas guzzler tax. With the auto transmission, the LS3 would only get 23 MPG (gas guzzler tax threshold) or below hence requring the tax. That's why AFM is offered which is also where the L99 came from. The LS3 with manual trans already gets 24 MPG so no guzzler tax.
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