Quote:
Originally Posted by Milk 1027
It dosen't have to do with the number of cylinders, but rather the hybrid part.
I think people that want this car should be given the choice of whether they want to go green or not.
It's a nice car to turn down the segment who doesn't want a hybrid car.
That's just my opinion though.
good point...
|
For the sake of argument—I haven't played devil's advocate in far too long—let's consider this: the option of going green hasn't been an option for cars that green buyers would eagerly choose. For instance, a smart fortwo hardly makes a grocery getter that can get more than a couple bags of groceries. Alternatively, a Suburban, despite its ability to carry a platoon of children, has no torque-lacking green alternative.
The argument, then, is that the green part is just a small part of the car. Regardless of the political ramifications of being green, GM has engineered a Cadillac that looks good and carries a primary motor that acts as a counterweight to the fact that GM is still struggling to sell enough pro-CAFE products to avoid one of two great evils: massive tax penalties for failing to adhere to CAFE or the end of so many products that we enthusiasts know and love. Sadly, we cannot expect CAFE to get repealed. Not enough Camaro5 members, despite our gargantuan size and lobbying potential, are politically active enough to make even a single call to their elected officials, regardless of party, to demand CAFE's repeal. This leaves us two very important alternatives that could reshape the automotive industry: we accept green cars as a standard for certain non-performance products or we say goodbye to most of our performance products. What would you rather have? I know where I stand.