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Originally Posted by mikel441
Who is this reporter? I would like to drag him behind my new SS when it arrives.
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He isn't a CNN reporter... CNN regurgitated the piece. The writer is Senior Editor for Fortune Magazine.
The GM announced performance cars that were dropped from production is true. The writer is 'speculating' that the Camaro could be dropped after a bankruptcy. But we all know that they'll keep Chevy, and its two icons, the Cam and Vette in production. It wouldn't make sense to kill them right now.
The portion about the CAFE standards, does have people worried. Especially for the Vette. Many, many car analysts are worried about its future with the CAFE standards. Will it become a supercharged V6? or a small light car like the Lotus Elise? Its hard to talk about the Vettes future without worrying about the Camaro SS as well.
For purist enthusiasts, the motor vehicle future looks very bleek. Much like the late 70's when we may got a bunch of light, underpowered rice burners, shoved down our throat, because of the Gov EPA standards, coupled with safety standards were born. We had 35-40 MPG cars back then. They were extremely dangerous, very small, very slow, very fragile, and basically would randomly spontaneously combust. Remember all those Gremlins, Pintos, Chevettes, Bobcats, and Pacers? That's where we may be headed again...