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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
But that will always be true: and 18 months after they arrive, there will be better vehicles in the pipe after that. Incremental improvement (and planned obsolescence) is the hallmark of automotive marketing.
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I mean specifically in the FE department. We've seen the original Metro discontinued in favor of the inferior Aveo, the original Insight discontinued and a slow decline in FE for pretty much everything else. Other than the 2G Prius in 2004, we've gone backwards.
FE seems to be back on the radar of the automakers, at least for a while, so I think we're more likely to see something in the next 18 months besides yet another SUV or "power hybrid."