Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
Wait a minute....30mpg city? My Civic Hatch beat that 15 years ago. So, if they don't have the high efficiency engine, why buy one? Looks alone? Sigh...perhaps, when they imported it the should have renamed it from the "Smart Car" to the "Just Average, but Cute". Does the international market really think Americans are all superficial, no substance?
I don't think it's the international market keeping the fuel efficient goodies from coming in. We also have trouble getting the efficient engines in our "own" cars. (we can't get the Ford Focus diesel that's so popular in Europe, no matter how much my dealer tried.) Too many protections for the oil lobby gangs right here in the US keeping the goodies out.