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Permalink Reply by The_Baron on June 9, 2011 at 3:24

The reason is that these are all diesel cars. In Europe diesel is much cheaper than here in the states.

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on June 9, 2011 at 3:42

In 1992, honda had civics that would get over 50 mpg..and they were gasoline engines..

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Permalink Reply by Max on June 9, 2011 at 4:15

Searched the web and found all these cars.  The MPG ratings by real driving was lower than the manufactures estaminets by about 20%.  

 

These cars are small.  Most Americans don't like small cars, so there's not a big market here for them.  These cars are made for one thing, moving people from one place to another.  If you want to pull your boat, travel trailer, or haul something home from Lowes, you're not going to do it in one of these.

 

Europeans pay a Carbon tax and two to three times the price for fuel that Americans pay.  When you see fuel @ $6 to $8 a gallon, and a Carbon tax on the amount of Carbon you release, you'll see a flood of these small cars on our highways.  Every site stated that Americans love their SUV's and only until they can't afford to fill them up, they will continue to buy them and not fuel efficient cars.

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