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Old 10-28-2012, 09:35 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham View Post
As far as weight and complexity, it's interesting you brought this up. There was an article where they asked that exact question. A powertrain development engineer stated that they considered many option/variants, etc...and that the results in efficiency/performance of the added features of the engine far outweighed any loss attributed to weight.
What do you think GM is going to tell us? I doubt anyone would say "It's useless and heavy and has to be included purely as a P.R. move"!

We know for a fact that it adds weight and complexity and perhaps you could find a tiny bit of fuel economy, but we can safely bet it will make modding more difficult and adds cost to the sticker price.

This technology may be fine for a sedan or something, but I don't know anyone with a Corvette who would ask for this. For the price this adds they could get a standard Full color HUD with Navigation, better interior plastics, or some feature they actually care about.
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