<VV> Current GM Crop (no Corvair)

[Padgett]

>  Also, the Solstice/Sky outweighs the new Miata by about 400 pounds.  So 
> I say to the General,
>"Close but no cigar."

That seems to be the issue with most of the current GM offerings (and we 
just got through looking at quite a few). Wonderful cars in the context of 
the early 90's but somewhat lacking today. When gas prices first passed 
$2/gallon they should have been taking a hard look at  the lineup all of 
which is "large" by European standards. For that matter what ever happened 
to the "27.5 mpg fleet average" ?

The Japanese and the Europeans have no problem producing sporty and 
efficient small cars but there seems to be a collective psyche that says 
"there is no substitute for cubic inches" as evidenced by the Oct 3, 2005 
Newsweek back cover pitching a 303 HP Impala that gets an "estimated" 28 
MPG on the highway (60 mph peak, 48 mph average, and a/c off  ), about the 
same as a ten year old Buick.
See http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/fe_test_schedules.shtml

No wonder it is at a "junk bond" status.

Padgett