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Originally Posted by Evergreen6
This would be a very different conversation if someone told GM they can't build full-size trucks any longer and have to halt production on 850,000 vehicles.
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One could argue just as easily that if Impala and Cruze were averaged in the same category/pool with Traverse and Blazer, they might have made the cut, too.
Oh well, we'll never know now. Personally, I think a full size RWD sedan is more akin to a FS truck than a subcompact crossover FWD SUV. But the government decided what platforms could be counted to average out EPA mileage ratings to preserve full size trucks, which is the only thing the big 3 care about now.
Taking Martinjim's example one step further, if OEMs could make full size trucks with no regard for EPA averages, I wonder if Blazer and Traverse would survive?