50+ MPG Cars “Not Allowed” in USA

[expandspanos]

April 6, 2014 — (TRN) — Americans are guilt-tripped over driving “gas-guzzler” vehicles, but it turns out that our own government is preventing ultra-high-mileage vehicles from being sold here; even though some are BUILT here! With mileages of 50 MPG, 75 MPG, 180 MPG and even 300 MPG, the government says these vehicles “don’t meet American standards” but they’re fine for Europe — which has standards even higher than the US. The real reason these vehicles cannot be sold in the USA is money: if Americans were allowed to buy these high-mileage vehicles, the government wouldn’t get as much money from fuel taxes as they get now and their oil company campaign donors would lose billions in profits. So who makes these super-high-mileage cars? BMW, Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen. Now read more to find out what the rest of the world can have, but we Americans cannot. . .



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Isn't the "Free Market" great

[CID1990]

[Ibanez]

April 6, 2014 — (TRN) — Americans are guilt-tripped over driving “gas-guzzler” vehicles, but it turns out that our own government is preventing ultra-high-mileage vehicles from being sold here; even though some are BUILT here! With mileages of 50 MPG, 75 MPG, 180 MPG and even 300 MPG, the government says these vehicles “don’t meet American standards” but they’re fine for Europe — which has standards even higher than the US. The real reason these vehicles cannot be sold in the USA is money: if Americans were allowed to buy these high-mileage vehicles, the government wouldn’t get as much money from fuel taxes as they get now and their oil company campaign donors would lose billions in profits. So who makes these super-high-mileage cars? BMW, Toyota, Nissan, Volkswagen. Now read more to find out what the rest of the world can have, but we Americans cannot. . .



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Isn't the "Free Market" great

I haven't read your article, but this isn't exactly news. I drove a Mercedes while in Europe back in 2010 that got about 50 mpg and found out that it wasn't for sale here. It's price, roughly $20,000.

This might not be considered "common knowledge" but it's not exactly breaking news.

[bluehenbillk]

Wow, for once I'm 100% with Spanos. This isn't a secret - the government has been on the take for decades. The fact that we're not all driving these kind of cars if we'd like is a travesty.

[Ibanez]

Wow, for once I'm 100% with Spanos. This isn't a secret - the government has been on the take for decades. The fact that we're not all driving these kind of cars if we'd like is a travesty.

Every now a then, a squirrel finds a nut.


And in this case, the nut found another nut.

[mrklean]

This is why they won't build V8 that an get 30MPG.