> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:30:43 -0400, Dennis wrote:
>

>> GM shoulda known people wouldn't keep buying Hummers at todays fascist
>> fuel prices!
>> ******
>> How should they have known, Beetle, Eater of Dung? Do you know anything
>> about the auto industry beyond the fact they don't hire many of you
>> minimum wage types?

>
> Well, there is a little history. Predicting an eventual increase in fuel
> prices wasn't difficult. I managed to do it when buying my vehicles and
> planned accordingly. GM had the Chevette at one point, pitiful though it
> might have been. Later, they sold the Suzuki branded as the Metro, and
> most recently, the Daewoo branded as Aveo. The best of them was the
> Metro. The Aveo is surprisingly inefficient compared to the Toyota Yaris
> or Honda Fit.
>
> However, big cars mean big profits -- as long as you can peddle them -- ...