tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430685.post3768185455777053171..comments2024-03-28T03:48:12.109-04:00Comments on make the logo bigger: Car industry snapshot: 1983!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430685.post-86585719850454450362009-05-31T13:57:59.014-04:002009-05-31T13:57:59.014-04:00Uhm, 20/30 yes but only 185hp at 4000 rpm and 275 ...Uhm, 20/30 yes but only 185hp at 4000 rpm and 275 ft lbs at 3000 rpm out of a 5-liter V8 engine.<br /><br /> A comparably sized vehicle from Ford right NOW with a smaller engine block is turning out nearly 300 HP and 315 FT lbs of torque. It's not that they "CAN'T" make em more MPG-friendly. It's that there was a VERY profitable market that wanted grossly overpowered behemoth-mobiles.<br /><br /> Also, the US auto press HATED (and I mean brutally eviscerated) the domestic producers efforts to make a cheap "import-fighter" with good gas mileage. They were mortified that the big 3 dared to step away from "big-block, muscle car dickswinging" or the "Family Truckster" to give people an alternative and it set us WAY back.<br /><br /> Nowadays, EVERYONE makes good cars. Having said that, we recently shopped for an economy car as a 3rd vehicle and car that will soon be handed to a teenager and guess what? All the new cars under 15 grand STILL suck, BUT, they should all be able to get you 100,000 miles.Michael the Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103547581758412445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13430685.post-20907585164337277572009-05-28T04:40:08.180-04:002009-05-28T04:40:08.180-04:00Funny how the same problems are still haunting car...Funny how the same problems are still haunting car manufacturers today.autostryhttp://www.autostry.comnoreply@blogger.com