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Old 05-01-2009, 11:54 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
People stopped caring about HP and torque years ago. Why do you think we have horrid inventions such as the camry and civic?
People didn't care about HP and torque in the early 1990s, and Saturn did great with moderately powered highly efficient cars. Since then, HP, torque, and weight have all skyrocketed in everything. Compare HP, torque, and weight between a 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2008 Civic/Camry/whatever.

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The Astra and Aveo are completely different. The Astra has no clones in north america. The Aveo has the Pontiac G3 Wave
...and the Daewoo Kalos, which is what it was before it was a Chevy or Pontiac.
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