The Corvette faithful are adamant that Chevrolet needs to stick with some kind of V8 engine that’s powered their favorite sports car since the 1955 model.
But Edmunds Inside Line reports that General Motors built 500,000 fewer V8 engines in 2011 than it did five years earlier in 2006.
While some of that decline can no doubt be blamed on reduced sales amidst the economic slowdown, some of it can also be attributed to the drop in fullsize pickup and SUV sales and the current trend of engine downsizing in response to exploding gas prices.
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