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Originally Posted by Combwork
Is GM in a position where no matter how better their earlier models are to drive, your laws are forcing them to go for new high MPG designs? If so, instead of having to use imported engines, how about designing and making them yourselves?
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Truth be told, I don't think that Americans have ever been as good as Japan, for example, at making economical run-forever 4 bangers. American manufacturers are outstanding at making things that last forever that are inefficient, however. This country was built out of engineering things with iron and steel, and we're damn good at it.
In the oil fields of Saudi Arabia, the most popular vehicle is the 9C1 police version of the Caprice, and the Ford Crown Vic police interceptors, because no other car can withstand the heat and climate extremes, for example.
And, in 500 years, when the rule of human beings is a thing of the past, the insect-like 6 foot tall creatures that will inhabit the Earth will be driving vehicles powered by small block Chevy V8 engines, and using 1950s era Farmall tractors (which incidentally will run on fuels with as low as 60 octane).
It's true to say that if every family in the world moved into a regular suburban neighborhood with a house and a small plot of land, the entire world's population would fit inside the state of Texas. Environment my ass.....it's just another way to sell something that's repackaged and has lower quality by giving it a popular moniker.