How Come Has It Been So Challenging To Build A Fuel-Efficient Vehicle?
Posted by: Jason in Gmc RimsAt least one third of new car buyers in America considered fuel economy an important factor.. Given the preoccupation today with pollution, global warming and America’s dependence on foreign sources of oil, it’s actually shocking to learn that as long ago as 1992 a car that got 100 miles to the gallon was built by General Motors. There was also a car that looked a lot like the Geo Metro and weighed 1000 pounds, which boasted 75 miles per gallon gas mileage. Development of the vehicle, the engine of which had 3 cylinders, was dropped because, in order to meet American safety standards, it had to be reinforced which added 200 pounds to its weight.
This was not the only protype built by GM which ended up on the scrapheap. The GM Lean Machine of 1982, which could get 80 mpg, and the GM Ultralite which achieved a fabulous 100 mpg, were two of these vehicles. GM seemed to be selling cars to the shopping public in 1992 that did 20 mpg, while Honda was getting 50 mpg with their Civic VX, but right then GM already covertly had cars doing 100 miles per gallon. In the event that cars which were able to do 100 miles per gallon had already been developed way back then, why is it that such cars are not being sold today?
It is just a weird phenomenon that some companies promote traditional vehicles in the US, but sell different, more efficient cars in other countries. Consumers in Japan and Europe have for quite some time now managed to get cars that do 70 miles per gallon and more. A case in point of a car / truck never marketed inside the US and capable of 78 mpg, is the Lupo by Volkswagen. A vehicle called the Jazz elsewhere in the world was unveiled in the States in 2007 as the Fit. You can get economy-boosting features with the Jazz in Japan, say for example a smaller engine and other ways to reduce consumption, but not so with the Fit in the US.
Auto manufacturers in America tell their public that they make 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 citizens have been brainwashed with advertisements to believe that they just must have the latest and largest bundu basher. It’s quite clear where the big companies’ interests lay when you consider that they have never offered options. GM could right now have been in the forefront with fuel-efficient vehicles, but they decided, rather, to champion SUVs. Americans haven’t been denied just by GM, but also by the rest of the manufacturers who have developed fuel-efficient cars.
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? Can it be time to get access to those abandoned designs and, again, start building those vehicles that were once built a long time ago?
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