Chuck
12-27-2007, 12:35 PM
"High-performance vehicles such as this may actually be legislated out of existence" (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22340556/)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2007_Chevrolet_Corvette.jpgAP – Dec. 20, 2007
For those that need(?) a 200mph performance car, it may have to be a Miata or S2000, if that. Article just highlights cruising is the greenest driving - racing the dirtiest. -- Ed.
DETROIT - When General Motors Corp. pulls the cover off a new supercharged version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month, it will unveil a performance car designed to rival or better even the fastest, most expensive exotic cars from Europe.
But the Corvette's chief engineer says the 2009 Corvette ZR1 may be the last in a long tradition of Detroit performance cars, endangered by stronger federal fuel economy regulations and limits on carbon dioxide emissions.
"High-performance vehicles such as this may actually be legislated out of existence," Tadge Juechter said at a recent showing of the ZR1, which is designed to have around 620 horsepower.
President Bush on Wednesday signed into law legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it "a major step" toward energy independence and easing global warming… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22340556/
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2007_Chevrolet_Corvette.jpgAP – Dec. 20, 2007
For those that need(?) a 200mph performance car, it may have to be a Miata or S2000, if that. Article just highlights cruising is the greenest driving - racing the dirtiest. -- Ed.
DETROIT - When General Motors Corp. pulls the cover off a new supercharged version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month, it will unveil a performance car designed to rival or better even the fastest, most expensive exotic cars from Europe.
But the Corvette's chief engineer says the 2009 Corvette ZR1 may be the last in a long tradition of Detroit performance cars, endangered by stronger federal fuel economy regulations and limits on carbon dioxide emissions.
"High-performance vehicles such as this may actually be legislated out of existence," Tadge Juechter said at a recent showing of the ZR1, which is designed to have around 620 horsepower.
President Bush on Wednesday signed into law legislation that will bring more fuel-efficient vehicles into auto showrooms and require wider use of ethanol, calling it "a major step" toward energy independence and easing global warming… http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22340556/