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Old 06-25-2009, 08:35 PM   #22 (permalink)
BungeeII
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Default Re: Indian automakers aim to eat Detroit's lunch

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Originally Posted by srjones View Post
Are you sure you're in the right forum? I think it's fair to say you're torqued by the article's title...

... Mahindra is filling a market need that isn't being met.
I'm not knocking Mahindra at all. Yes, I'm a bit torqued by that article, not just the title. Perhaps I'm coming down on it too hard, but it's just terribly written, to me anyway.

Market need...
I've come to the conclusion that there just isn't enough of a market for the US auto's to offset the costs. That, and I'm sure there is a a big CAFE numbers game at play here, too. I'd ~guess~ that CAFE is the biggest reason we don't see diesels in the 1/2 ton's.

I'd love to see a diesel in an HHR, myself. I just don't think we're a big enough group and the costs are too high for the auto companies to manufacture for us diesel lovers.
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