Well, I thought it was a lovely dance, with fancy footwork. I especially liked:
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In fact, GM offers more vehicles that get 30 mpg or better EPA highway mileage than any other automaker. More than Toyota. More than Honda. More than Nissan.
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Now, the Honda & Acura product lines consist of is 16 models: Insight , S2000, Fit, Civic , Accord, CRV, Element, Pilot, Odyssey, Ridgeline, RL, TL, TSX, RSX, MDX, and RDX. Only Insight, Fit, Civic, Accord, TSX and RSX--6 models--get 30 or more MPG.
So, when you say that all of GM offers more 30+ mpg models than all of Honda, you're saying GM offer more than 6 cars.
Nissan's product line is 18 models, including Infiniti's 6.
Toyota offers 27, including Lexus' 8 and Scion's 3.
GM offers 59 models, including Pontiac: 8, Chevrolet: 20, Buick: 5, Saturn: 5, Cadillac: 9, GMC: 5, Hummer: 3, Saab: 4.
Out of 59 models, GM brags about offering more than 6 that get 30+ mpg. It sounded good in the context of the article, though.
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The Auto Channel and my handy calculator, Fit is 2% of their YTD sales, Accord 24%, Civic 22%, Odyssey 12%, Pilot 10%, CRV 10%, Element 4%, Ridgeline 4%, RSX 1%, TL 5%, TSX 3%, RL 1%, MDX 3%, and all the others are less than 1% each. That means that 52% of all Hondas & Acuras sold in the last year have an EPA rating of 30mpg or higher.
What percentage of GM vehicles sold in the last year were rated for 30+ mpg? How many GM vehicles get 50+ mpg? Zero. 45+? Zero. 40+? Zero. The highest-mileage American car I could
find was a 35mpg Pontiac.
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In fact, we'd like to invite Mr. Friedman out to Detroit to learn about the work GM is doing on alternative fuels, on hydrogen fuel cells and on technology to make all of our vehicles more fuel efficient.
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No matter how much research you're doing, what matters is what you put on the road.