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Old 10-29-2009, 06:28 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Cheap Plastic??

I thought people here were worried over the WEIGHT of cars? All cars have plastic in them, at least all modern cars do! Heck I do not have to have a wooden gear shifter and metal gas/brake pedals with cute rubber traced designs on them when my eyes should be on the road anyway. I think GM's ad is funny. They make their point, and it's truly sad that a company that builds lawnmowers is also building cars. I mean where are Toro cars at anyway?
Christ is right. The commercial was a cheap shot. Well engineered engines exist outside transportation. If GM had been doing "small" things like lawnmower engines and motorcycles, then they might have been able to accrue the skills needed to make small economy car production profitable. I would have less respect for Honda if they had abandoned their "origins" in the pursuit of the higher profit margin of "big" products like cars.

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