[Cortazzo]

If gas prices stay at their current levels, there aren't going to be a huge amount of people looking for large cars. If a v6 G8 weighs the same as a current impala, but gets worse fuel economy, i'll bet my bottom dollar it's because of much more aggressive gearing on the G8. That is a very cheap problem to solve. But then again, i'd imagine many folks would require an AWD version of impala to be sold in the north east and midwest, which would probably be significantly heavier bringing down average mileage.