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javagram on Aug 30, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: GM Is Now Detroit’s Smallest Auto-Making Employer

33 city, 41 hwy ?

Yeah it’s not amazing but people are buying trucks and SUVs with much worse MPG for more $$$.

People want the additional capabilities, safety, or even just the status symbol of having a nice truck or expensive car.

JoeAltmaier on Aug 30, 2019 [–]

Yeah they improved it (double?) because it wasn't selling as it was?

Few were going to sacrifice comfort, room, performance for a tiny car with bad mileage. Just because its manufacture was 'eco-friendly'

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