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Originally Posted by Tahoe_Hybrid
back in 08 they worked very hard NON gas guzzling SUV I mean i get 31MPG (25 MPG combined) highway with a Tahoe hybrid 6.0L v8 that is the same as a 2008 v6 2.4L Camey...
That is with a 11 years old worn out battery..
the previous year
>1998 Tahoe was 0.65+ square brick
2006 Tahoe was 0.45
2007-2014 Tahoe was 0.367
2008-2013 Hybrid trim only was 0.34 same as a Geo Metro. 
the 2008 rear end enhancements help it's similar to the 2015 model
the front end being more flat-ish
no progress made my ass..
so from 1998 to 2007/2008* *0.34 ---2008 hybrid trim
it went from 0.65 to 0.367
0.34 standard in 2015 . |
You mean 1908? When the Model T Ford began its domination, GM could have competed directly. Instead, they decided to sell used cars as their low-price option, which encouraged style changes and a full line of cars of increasing "status."
We should not be surprised that companies have always tried to sell us the most expensive cars we will buy; we should just be glad that we have usually been smarter than we were in '57, when simply raising the price of a car raised expectations and sales. If we got what we paid for, it was pure bragging rights.
GM has always let their engineers play to both retain and hone talent, so their back lot features some pretty economical, unconventional wheels, but they don't see production. The Lean Machine was a rare look at that work.