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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (40159)	3/15/2005 8:10:00 PM
From: renovator	Read Replies (1) of 206338

Detroit has had decades to make good competitive high-mileage cars and they have refused. Don't forget that GM and Ford have owned european automakers cranking out fuel efficient vehicles all along, and have never tried to bring those models over except for a couple of sporty types like Opal. GM could have brought over an entire model with tooling and equipment any time they wanted with no more cost than normal new model retooling done annually anyway. They stuck toes in with the Corvair(which was really cool, especially the Monza) and kept up appearances with the Ford Pinto but the Detroit mantra has always been Bigger Is Better, and more profitable. This pattern is clear as a bell since VW came in on through the onslaught of the Japanese automakers; Detroit has resolutely refused to change and because of artificially low gas prices they got away with years of SUV profits. Even the so called gas guzzlers of the old days with small block V-8's or slant 6 motors which could have been tweaked anytime to improve overall efficiency but were not. Of course; the big block 390, 392, 409, 426, 440 etc. were more fun than any of us had a right to have but no chance of fuel efficiency.

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