[Porsche-O-Phile]

They'll be just in time to be three generations behind the Japanese and two behind the Europeans.

VW's 1L is due out in late 2009 and will get 200+ MPG. Going to production. Gen-III hybrid/electric vehicles from Toyota are due out soon. Gen-III hybrid/electric vehicles from Honda are due out soon. Fuel-cell prototype vehicles can be bought from Toyota today (probably be in production in about 2-3 years).

While everyone else was planning for the death of big, dumb, stupid SUVs knowing full well that the easy money from them wouldn't last forever, GM was (predictably) lounging around asleep at the switch thinking that they could last forever on 6,000-pound pickup trucks and truck chassis with different sheet metal and cupholders slapped on 'em.

I guess showing up in the 3rd or 4th quarter is better than not showing up at all. I guess. Maybe.