Around one third of new car customers in America thought of fuel economy an important factor.. In 1992 previously General Motors built a vehicle that got 100 miles to the gallon – and all these years later on one of people’s major concerns on top of global warming and pollution is dependence on foreign oil. Yet another car, the GM TPC, which looked a lot like the Geo Metro, weighed only 1000 pounds and would get 75 miles per gallon. However, as a way to meet American safety regulations, the 3-cylinder vehicle required reinforcement weighing 200 pounds, which ended in further development being discarded.
It really is rather shocking that this had not been the only GM prototype that was built, only to be thrown out later. These kinds of cars include the GM Lean-Machine in 1982 at 80 MPG, along with the GM Ultralite which got 100 MPG. In 1992 Honda was achieving 50 miles per gallon with the Civic VX, and at the same time General Motors had vehicles behind the scenes getting 100 MPG, while selling the public cars that were getting 20 MPG. Given that cars have already been designed that get 100 miles per gallon, then why are they not being marketed to the general public?
How come conventional vehicles sold in the US, while at the same time, the same vendors are selling different vehicles far away in other countries? For many years cars that get over 70 miles per gallon have been sold in Japan and Europe. The Lupo, a Volkswagen, is a perfect example of a car that gets 78 MPG, but has never been sold in the US. Honda released to the US sector in 2007, a car named the Fit, but known as the Jazz in other parts of the world. The Jazz in Japan has methods to increase fuel economy and a smaller engine, but for the US, the Fit doesn’t even use a smaller engine as an option.
The automotive companies tell Americans that they love big cars, and that is what they want to produce big cars. Not surprisingly they earn big money on SUVs, and virtually nothing on a small two-person commuter. Commercials have convinced the citizens of the US that Tanks on Wheels are an absolute must to have. The reality that options have never been provided demonstrates where the big companies have their interests. The top in fuel economy may have been General Motors, but they prefer to remain the leader in SUVs instead. The many other auto producers did the same thing by producing fuel-efficient cars, then again denied them to Americans.
American auto manufacturers have never given the US people the option to acquire a fuel-efficient car, despite the world having beem embroiled in oil wars and being severely polluted. Ask this question: how many people who were never given the opportunity would have been excited to have a car that was fuel-efficient? Could it be time to retrieve those discarded designs and, again, start building those vehicles that were once built a long time ago?
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