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Originally Posted by kmcd
Not necessarily. That is, unless diversification is just a euphemistic description of declining standards.
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Not at all. That's the difference between today and the 70s. They had no choice but to choke off performance back then...there was no other alternative to achieve higher fuel economy and lower emissions.
As I said earlier, today's technology has rendered the value of the number of cylinders nearly obsolete. This hypothetical 4 cylinder Camaro would have all, if not more performance and efficiency than today's 6 cylinder model.
They can't lower their goals or standards - that's not how you stay relevant in this industry. At the VERY worst...they'd have to plateau certain aspects of a vehicle in the short term to improve others. But nothing would be "lost".