WTF! What could this mean for us?
02-13-2008, 04:16 PM
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WTF! What could this mean for us?
READ THIS ARTICLE....
Especially people in california, man this sucks I was reading this and well I hope this is not gonna happen....
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.asp...013&topart=utes
Especially people in california, man this sucks I was reading this and well I hope this is not gonna happen....
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.asp...013&topart=utes
02-13-2008, 04:20 PM
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not really bad. CAFE is an average. so provided car makers make lots of fuel efficient cars, they can still afford to make supercars. esp corvette sells in fairly low numbers, it doesn't really add as much as all the YUKONS and TAHOES and SUBURBAN do.
there is a lot of movement in the corvette engineering right now - they might actually move away from the current concept and get a real, mid engine supercar out of it, with areal hefty price tag though (+100K).
there is a lot of movement in the corvette engineering right now - they might actually move away from the current concept and get a real, mid engine supercar out of it, with areal hefty price tag though (+100K).
02-13-2008, 06:29 PM
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To have any real effect, the CAFE for trucks will have to be raised to match the CAFE for cars. Why should a 12 mpg Escalade get a break that at 12 mph Viper doesn't get? The auto makers are masters at taking advantage of the lower CAFE for trucks; for example, a Suburu Outback is a truck not a car so it falls under the lower CAFE.
02-13-2008, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Feb 13 2008, 09:46 PM
Imagine if manufacturers just stopped selling cars in California.
02-13-2008, 10:14 PM
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Nah, actually the import companies would take a bath if they stopped selling cars in California. Just living out here in LA, the domestic cars are scorned. A for example, 12% of BMW's worldwide sales (WORLDWIDE) is in LA alone !
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Originally Posted by flag2carrot,Feb 13 2008, 05:20 PM
not really bad. CAFE is an average. so provided car makers make lots of fuel efficient cars, they can still afford to make supercars. esp corvette sells in fairly low numbers, it doesn't really add as much as all the YUKONS and TAHOES and SUBURBAN do.
there is a lot of movement in the corvette engineering right now - they might actually move away from the current concept and get a real, mid engine supercar out of it, with areal hefty price tag though (+100K).
there is a lot of movement in the corvette engineering right now - they might actually move away from the current concept and get a real, mid engine supercar out of it, with areal hefty price tag though (+100K).
