I'm not against fuel economy, but this guy is whacked.
Toyota is hardly the answer to America's fuel issues. The "hulking Chevy Suburban" gets only 15 mpg ... But my wife's '99 Land Cruiser only gets 13 mpg. In fact, my 2000 4runner averages about 16 mpg ... and the Surburban beats both in passenger, cargo and towing capacity.
GM complies with the same CAFE standards as everybody else, while making powerful, economical engines for trucks and SUVs. They lead the pack in small-displacement, powerful engines like the I4-6 and Vortec engine families.
Sure, they didn't jump on the hybrid bandwagon, but they have been building E85-capable vehicles on a greater scale and for longer than anyone else. E85 fuel production didn't boom like it was supposed to, but that's not GM's fault. Plus, GM put "displacement on demand" in Cadillacs years ago, but the computer technology of the time couldn't make it work well. Now, "dod" is back in most of GM's V8s.
Stupid reporter
