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Originally Posted by Lou_Dorchen
If something is banned (or regulated out of existance) by the Government, it's gone. Regardless of consumer demand.
People buy Big Gulps and Happy Meals by the millions, but that didn't stop places in the US from banning them. Courts have ruled cities can ban foods, plastic bags, and sugar drinks. They've also said that the EPA can regulate Greenhouse Gasses. If the EPA decides that certain engines must be banned, they are gone.
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Not sure you read the whole post. Why would they ban an engine just based on the number of cylinders? They may ban engines above a certain displacement (although I doubt they are even looking at it that way), but if a 4.9 L V8 is just as efficient as a 4.3 L V6 then why would the government car how many cylinders it has? As for local laws, if you don't like them you can move. It would take a lot of local governments banning V8s to influence GMs decision to get rid of the V8. Dealerships can sale V6s and I4s in those hypotetical local markets while the rest of us can buy what we want.