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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
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CAFE has little to do with it. It's just the raw concept of developing a performance car designed to be sold to a limited audience. You can't sell them at Camaro or Corvette prices and expect to live off of that, ya know?
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Originally Posted by Number 3
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Your points on the engines are well taken, but CAFE rules now and throwing a bigger 4 cylinder just doesn't work. Need high volumes of 35 to 40 mpg cars to average out the Camaro SSs. And the 40 mpg Cruze might just be the ticket. This will be a quiet, comfortable, economical choice. If you want more performance, Chevrolet would be happy to sell you a V6 Malibu or even a nice Camaro.
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This is what i meant. From what i understood, CAFE is derived from sales numbers of vehicles.
So if 500 000 thousand Cruzes (with an EPA Est. 40mpg), sell, and 50 000 Camaros sell at (EPA Est. 20 mpg), the average fleet economy stays above 35 mpg, Everybody is happy.
*NOTE: I did no math in this statement, i just threw some numbers together in order to clear up my previous statement, and try to explain my limited understanding of CAFE* 