"Bubba" <wdg@[204.52.135.1]> wrote in message
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> Higher horsepower will translate into poorer fuel economy. I think for the
> moment at least the muscle car era could be temporarily on hold.
>
I think that's pretty likely. The money people - the futures investors -
believe we are in he opening stages of what they are calling a "superspike."
Demand for oil is expected to rise rapidly as auto ownership soars in India
and China, leading to prices as high as $100 per barrel for crude. Sales of
SUVs are already tumbling.

Add to this the advent of hybrids, which separate the issues of fuel economy
and acceleration performance (like Honda's DualNote 2001 concept car), and
the era of cars with 200 hp engines is probably coming to a permanent end.
They are simply becoming obsolete. The new muscle cars will be hybrids.

Mike