Well, I thought it was a lovely dance, with fancy footwork. I especially liked:
"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."
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.
According to
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.