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Originally Posted by JerzyIroc

God forbid a company wants to built cars that resemble being efficient. That's such a horrible thing.

...when they're not in demand right now it IS a horrible thing. You realize that the pretty little Prius' sales are slipping and cause a ton of environmental damage when the batteries go bye bye? Right now there's no incentive to buy a more expensive hybrid due to gas prices(which could open up the possibility of a federal gas tax in the future to FORCE them to be a viable choice). GM already makes some efficient vehicles but they seem to have the inability to market that

I'm all for cars that get more than 13mpg like my GTA, lol, however a company needs to make what people want. If gas prices level off hybrids and super fuel efficient vehicles won't be attractive to people anymore unless their someone who does a ridiculous amount of driving or cares about what a few polar bears think. If the credit market opens up again and the economy gets rolling again people won't HAVE to buy that little junk Cobalt , the might start buying SUV's again. Unfortunately GM(and other car makers) are still at the mercy of the banks. If people can't get a loan they're not buying new vehicles, who has $20-30K cash sitting around? This is an opportunity for government control, nothing more. It's a bit ironic that in a span of a few months the government passes some big FEDERAL CAFE standards and owns a car company...just saying.

I hope it works out for GM but I have a sinking suspicion that if they're a bit sluggish with sales or profits Uncle Sam will be pulling the strings. Really it's a lose/lose situation. It's obviously the geniuses at GM can't run a company and when has the government EVER run something efficiently and effectively?