That's a cool story and all but, in fairness to GM, catalytic converters were better. You can tell because all cars have catalytic converters now and none have CVCC.

A great story, and illustrative of the exact points that you bring up. History, however, came to a different conclusion, here's how the apologue played out: first, it's important to know that GM was one of the inventors of the modern catalytic converter, so just like Honda, they had a major investment in their…

How many Big Chevys do you see with 28's on them now a days as to the number of CVCC Civics?