FEDS praise fuel-friendly GMs (Source Sun Newspaper) OSHAWA, Ont. (CNW) - Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency has awarded GM three 2006 EnerGuide Awards for the most fuel-efficient new vehicles in the large van and station wagon categories. This year, the Chevrolet Express Cargo, GMC Savana Cargo and Pontiac Vibe received EnerGuide Awards. To date, GM has won more EnerGuide awards than any other automotive company. Throughout the lifespan of the progam, GM has won more than double the EnerGuide awards than the nearest competitor. "We're proud to be designing and building a broad protfolio of industry-leading fuel-efficient vehicles," said Marc Comeau, vice-president, sales, services and marketing, GM Canada. "We currently have more modesl with fuel-efficiency ratings of with better than 7L/100km than any of our competitors." As an industry-leader in fuel-efficiency, GM continures to introduce technologies such as Displacement on Demand, hybrids, six-speed transmissions and ehanol flex fuel vehicles on the road in North America. GM was the first automaker to offer hybrid trucks for sale in Canada.

As an industry-leader in fuel-efficiency

Too bad that does not apply to compact/economy cars, where fuel economy is a main reason for buying.