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Article: EDITORIAL: 'Sexing up' gas mileage for America's good
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- January 13, 2005
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Staff Editorial
University Wire
01-13-2005
(The Oracle) (U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. -- Large engines, big wheels and women in tiny outfits have long been hallmarks of auto shows. But an admittedly unsexy, yet important, feature of cars remains neglected: Gas mileage.
At this year's Detroit Auto Show this trend continued. The New York Times reported how General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz put on a show Tuesday involving a look-alike stunt double to hype his company's new 500-horsepower Corvette Z06 and 440-horsepower supercharged Cadillac STS-V during a press conference without mentioning how inefficient most of his company's cars are.
Naturally, the type of person in the market for the luxury ...