joeracer49
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Check out the link and story below from USAToday. I hope they are wrong. Long live the Vett and long live the ZR1
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22340556/:puke
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22340556/:puke
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From all that I've read, the energy bill will require auto makers to produce cars that get 35 mpg, BUT it doesn't require ALL of their cars to get that mileage. The law will be that a certain percentage of any particular manufacturers current lineup to get that mileage. In other words, Chevy can produce the Impala, the Cobalt, Malibu, HHR, and Silverado under the new restrictions, but still produce an 18 mpg Corvette, because they've met the percentage. Does that make sense? I don't see the Corvette going anywhere. Ever. Less hp in the future? Most likely. That's what happened to the muscle cars in the past. It's all bs and politics.
But you know this will mean the end of the new Camaro, Dodge Challenger, the Mustang as well as the Corvette and whatever other vehicles it will apply to by then. And the American auto industry can't take that kind of loss. They are in enough trouble now and I feel sure they will be in 2020. So, common sense tells me that the government won't allow this to happen when the deadline comes for fear of losing even more customers for American cars.
It's another scare tactic just like they've used before.