GM Cancels 29mpg 4.5L Diesel Engine

goof2 · 05-07-2009, 08:41 PM

I doubt this engine was killed due to government pressure specifically against it, but I do think the government is doing everything it can to get people out of trucks and SUVs. It is just a continuation of the trend that has been going for decades. It used to be the only justifications you needed to get something was wanting it and affording it. Now for more and more things you must show you need it, if not legally then morally, while the affording it part has been thrown out the window.

05-07-2009, 08:41 PM	#10
goof2 AMA Supersport Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,756	I doubt this engine was killed due to government pressure specifically against it, but I do think the government is doing everything it can to get people out of trucks and SUVs. It is just a continuation of the trend that has been going for decades. It used to be the only justifications you needed to get something was wanting it and affording it. Now for more and more things you must show you need it, if not legally then morally, while the affording it part has been thrown out the window.