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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

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Creeping automotive pricing has resulted in regular people turning away from the new vehicle market as the economy worsens. While it also dabbles in mileage taxes, the paper is chiefly concerned with how variances in vehicle weight and shape impact overall safety. Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. And what we want to do is make sure we launch the car well, that we get the maximum learning from it, that its successful in the market so that when we get to Gen 2, weve got the most cost out of it we can."

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