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Neither one of those cars is going to sell. With gas going to $5 a gallon or more, I think it's pretty safe to say the age of the muscle car is dead. Large-displacement, low-efficiency toys like these are never going to be popular. Yes, they'll have their "cult" following, but I'll place my bet right now that the sales numbers are going to be dismal. As much as I like the idea, the markets do not justify this approach and it's going to be one more major failure for both GM and Dodge.

If GM wants to stave off bankruptcy, they're going to have to suck it up and start playing some serious catch-up in the area of higher-efficiency vehicles, alternative-fuel vehicles and hybrids or they're dead meat. The only reason this "retro" thing worked for Ford was the fact that their timing was better and they got the rustang back into showrooms at a time when people were feeling halfway decent about the economy and everyone wasn't in a near-panic over gas prices.

I like the idea - I really do. I want to believe it would be something that would put GM back on the map, but the economics just aren't there to support it. I saw the car at the auto show and although it's another "retro" vehicle (which I inherently dislike), I thought the styling was pretty nice overall. Generally pretty well-done. Not great and certainly not a '67, but not bad. But again, a humongous, large-engine car in 2007? Not gonna' work guys.