> They've sold small cars grudgingly, and only because > of the CAFE requirements.
Oh, it goes back way farther than that. Look at some of the more innovative vehicles that became popular. The Thunderbird and Corvette come to mind immediately, but there are many more examples.
Early T-birds were open cockpit two-seaters with a modest displacement V8 engine. Soon after, by 1958, the "Big Birds" were phased into the design, with back seats and boxy styling. By 1964, the cars were as huge as an LTD with power everything.
First Corvettes were powered by an in-line six and were actually sporty. By the time the Stingray design was released, they almost had a back seat, but only almost. Today, they are somewhat true to the original design, but in an overpowered, luxury way.
I keep thinking if GM wants to hit a home run, reintroduce the 1957 Chevy BelAire updated to current DOT safety standards and emission/economy requirements, then stand back!
Basically, the Detroit meme is anything that sells well gets the Bloatmobile treatment. Gadgets fetch more sales than practicality.
Manual door handles? Crank windows? No spying computers? Sounds like the perfect home conversion EV to me.
I do wish my EV had cup holders, though... _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
