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Old 07-06-2008, 11:48 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Re: Lutz Chimes in on the Chevy Beat: 4 Years?

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The question to ask is 'is this car designed to meet US regulations?' It wouldn't be the first time that a car could not be brought to the US because it couldn't meet regulations. If the answer is yes, then tooling it up for the US would not be a significant problem. If the answer is no, then that 2012 date sounds reasonable.
No, a better question would be why isn't the car designed to meet US regs? and once we get the answer to that one the next best question would be...

Why does it take GM almost 4 years to "fix" an existing car to meet them?

It is clear that the New Corporate moto that Rick and Lutz are using is called "catch-up" or "follow the leaders"... but please, come on now... If you are going to play catch-up at least be in a postion to bring a car to market in months not years...
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