When buying a new car or truck, gasoline economy was a key point for at least one-third of American car buyers. Because of so many people now very worried about global warming, pollution and reliance on foreign oil, you might be surprised to know that in 1992 General Motors built a car that actually got 100 miles per gallon. The GM TPC had been a car that was able to get 75 miles per gallon, weighed about 1000 pounds, not to mention looked like the Geo Metro. The car had a 3-cylinder engine, yet was discontinued when it needed 200 pounds of reinforcement to be added to comply with America’s safety laws.
It really is stunning that GM had this car built and discontinued, but they had other prototypes that ended the same way. These vehicles include the GM Lean-Machine in 1982 at 80 MPG, and 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. Since cars have already been built that get 100 miles per gallon, then why are they not being sold to the general public?
Why are traditional vehicles sold in the US, while at the same time, the same companies are selling different vehicles far away in other countries? For quite some time vehicles that get over 70 miles per gallon have been purchased 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. In 2007, Honda in the US launched the FIT, elsewhere known as the Jazz. In Japan the Jazz models include one with a smaller engine, plus there are ways to improve fuel consumption, but with the Fit in the US not even the option of a smaller engine is offered.
Auto manufacturers in the united states express to their public that they manufacture big autos because they, the public, love big autos. It is apparent that manufacturers don’t generate a lot of money selling a small 2-person commuter vehicle, but they certainly do selling big SUVs. American folks have been brainwashed with commercials to believe that they just simply must have the latest and largest bundu basher. It really is quite apparent where the giant companies’ interests lay when you consider that they have never offered options. GM could currently have been in the leading position with fuel-efficient vehicles, but they elected, rather, to champion SUVs. Americans have not been denied only by GM, but also by all the other manufacturers who have developed fuel-efficient cars.
American auto makers haven’t ever given the US people an opportunity 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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