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Old 04-27-2009, 04:38 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by fbodfather View Post
A couple of things:

>The G8 is an INCREDIBLE car - but my friends, they are not 'flying off the shelf' so to speak - - in fact, there are many of them in PEP vehicle service here in Detroit because of slow sales......

>It isn't quite that easy to take the Middle East Lumina and bring it over here -- that car has hundreds of engineering changes and parts and components changes that would need to be made in order to make it compliant with U.S. Safety/Crashworthiness/Fuel System/Emissions Systems standards -- and I don't see us spending any money right now on something like this -- there is just too many other things that need to be done right now.

Would I like to see a Chevy version of the G8? BOY HOWDY!!!!
Just wanted to ask...

Is it possible the G8's sales aren't as good as the Impala's because of the fact that it's an unfamiliar nameplate? Impala has more recognition than G8.

And if we just took a G8, slapped a twin-port grille/Chevy badge on it, that would meet US crash-test specs. Stick the Camaro's V6 in there and it would be pretty fuel efficient as well.
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