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Old 12-09-2007, 11:52 PM   #5 (permalink)
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GM has recently said that they will produce the Beat (green model - an no apologies to Honda for stealing their name). But it likely will never see North America.

In defense of the trucklet microcar shapes, space maximization is an, ahem, big issue when you've got such a small footprint.

That said, it doesn't force them to paste such truckish design cues on them.
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