Re: Fuel efficiency not allowed in the US



Rodney Kelp wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Rodney Kelp wrote:

Geo Metro killed (58mpg) VW Jetta TDI banned (50+mpg) 80mpg European
diesels banned from importation. Citroen's 60mpg cars banned from
import. All high mileage cars banned in the US.

How about providing evidence of this alleged banning ? There aren't any 80mpg
European diesels btw. Also, a lot of Americans probably couldn't even fit inside
some of the smaller European cars.

The 3L refers not to engine size but to the fact that it is designed to
use just three liters of fuel per 100 kilometers - about 78 miles per
gallon. No production car in the USA gets close. The three-liter formula
is a long-standing environmentalists' challenge that VW is first to
answer after nine years of work.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/consumer/autos/mareview/mauto497.htm

It's no longer in production AIUI.


Of course an American story will exaggerate the problems and knock
anything the makes American car companies look like the asses that they are.

Here is another bull*** American story. Small cars don't have enough
power and take off too slow for interstate driving and are not safe.
What about a loaded tractor trailor? Another bull*** American story!

Small economical cars are plenty fast enough.

Graham


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