"
Detroits New 80 Mpg Cars ! " was the headline of an article that I had read on these cars over a decade ago.
It was all vaporware, and nothing ever came of these cars. Gas was cheap and no one seemed to care about fuel economy or pollution then.
In the years that have passed, most people never even knew these cars ever existed ( just the way the "Big 3" wanted it )
This was an article on those same cars - printed in Car&Driver in May of 2001.
A final paragraph from the article reads " But then, the Precept is a Hail Mary bomb, a touchdown at the 80-mpg goal, while the others are barely over the 50-yard line because of worries over cost and practicality. Although GM is planning to build a full-size pickup with a hybrid powertrain that could be shared among vehicles, the Precept is too wonky and makes too many sacrifices for its
79.6-mpg combined rating and will likely never see production."
Here is the link :
The Green Brigade - Car Comparison - Car and Driver
