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Originally Posted by gtahvit
I hope you are right. With emotion of every car memory I have, I hope you are right. However, I would pose this question. After trucks and SUV's, what would you trim next given the consumer demand for more fuel efficient cars?
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I'll pose one right back; why does there have to be a 'next'? Needless SUVs and Trucks have been, are, and always will be the problem when it comes to fuel efficiency. The market preference in the US always shifts between the two:
Cars? :seesaw: Trucks?
Sports cars have always had a backseat ride in the
grand scheme of things...becuase they've never really ever come into the fuel-economy spotlight quite like trucks have. Sure, in the 70's lots of them were killed, and those that were left were emasculated; but that shows that (even though it was embarassing, performance-wise)
sports cars can adapt to the times because they are, after all, just cars. Big SUVs can't do that. You have to change the entire body-style to maintain the sense of SUV and see some measure of fuel economy increase (See: Crossovers). The only thing I can honestly think of about muscle/sports cars as tied to the fate of trucks is the V8 engine.