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Old 07-30-2008, 04:43 PM   #33 (permalink)
Michael_S
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Re: GM Ready for Smaller Engines When Customers Are

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Originally Posted by HoosierRon View Post
Someone please tell me how on earth customers are supposed to "signal their readiness to accept smaller engines". Is GM staring at a Ouija board? Is it scanning the sky for smoke signals? Here is a signal that GM can interpret: Toyota is sold out of the Prius, and Honda is making a profit.

Or how about this: Saturn offers a 4 cylinder Aura, and sales go up. Or: Chevrolet offers a manual only Cobalts XFE, and they sell 4 times as many as they thought they would.

And one more thing. If Cadillac could do a turbocharged engine, and I quote, "today", why are we not going to see a Beat for 4 years?
Excellent point.

If GM could do a 4-cylinder turbo CTS "today", why not offer it? If no one wants it, they can discontinue it. They have the engine for RWD configuration in the Sky Redline already, how hard would it be to put it into the CTS?
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