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Old 06-17-2008, 02:54 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Re: GM "Lost the Bet" on Lower Fuel Prices

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Originally Posted by PhishPhood View Post
Rehashed or not, they were and they are selling the crap out of them. Across the board the Corolla get the best fuel economy of all compact models. Fuel economy sells. It puts fannys in the seats. That's the only purpose of this endeavour, sell units make profits.
You're missing the point. Ignoring a product has but one measurement, updates. FACT: Toyota let the Corolla languish and the Civic and Focus are eating its lunch. Their short-term solution (prior to $4/gal gas) was to push it to fleets to keep the sales numbers up instead of keeping it competitive. Now who does that sound like...?
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