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The JAP connection: Metro, Sprint, Firefly, and Swift (... - 9/21/2007 11:51:30 AM

Greywolf

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You kinda have to look at that with a bit of distaste... Every one of the above are made and designed in Japan.

They are not homegrown, they're "other".

But there is a place for Microcars in this day and age. Are they GM or not? And if not - what should GM do in terms of creating something grass roots with high mileage but yet performance?

The one big complaint I have noted in owners of these cars is that they are not sporty enough. Lack of big power. But power is a function of HP vice curb weight. Power per pound...

SMALL package, decent power, good handling. What is the answer?

How small a car can be made, with a powerplant (easy to work on) that is big enough to make it seriously scoot...

I wonder

Do you think General Motors could design a car with the haul-ass of a mini cooper, and the same compact (economical) size?

And would you buy the sucker...

< Message edited by Greywolf -- 9/21/2007 12:08:42 PM >

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