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Old 03-30-2009, 11:36 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Skyman 08 View Post
I entered this with an Open mind. I am glad that he says that GM is in his opinion going to come out of this... But I don;t think he went far enough to explain where the Government can help out the auto industry by relaxing or postponing the implementation of the new CAFE and emmisions standards untill after the industry recovers, then give them 5 years to meet the new standards. By just doing that will save the Companies Billions of dollars in R&D costs that can be used to do R&D on New products.
That would be a good idea. The new cafe standards were written up when the industry was selling as many SUV's as it could make. They should pull it back a few years.
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