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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Your question never mentioned any engine configuration, either excluding V6's or specifying any other type. So, I provided one thing that OEM's couldn't have done 15 years ago (and had it actually work well)
Anyway, I'm sure there is plenty that could have been done sooner too. But not at the same price. And when gas was $1 - $1.50 a gallon, not too many people would have cared to pay for an extra 2 mpg in their Camaro if it cost them power.
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Well, that's what I'm kinda talking about.
Surely these global car companies knew what the rest of the world knew that gas prices, like everything else, would go up. And on these big engines, had they had the sense of urgency sooner, they would have made these gains way sooner.
We bought them, sure, but I can remember them advertizing gas mileage and people talking about gas mileage since I can remember. And I'm 40 years old.
To me, it's a big fat fail for them to have gained their sense of urgency so late in the game because I believe they could have had these engines way sooner. Even the V6s.