As the U.S. auto industry hangs pathetically on by their nails, I can't help but to wonder why foreign auto makers are not allowed into our capitalist country. Citroen, a french based car company has a variety of cars that would sell vary well in the states. The C4 is a sedan platform with several engine options and is also the car they successfully race in the WRC. One particularly interesting version of the C4, is the 1.6 HDI 110 VTR+. Its well crafted diesel engine enables it to get an average mpg of 60.1. that means on the freeway it gets above 70 mpg. Ford UK also makes a variety of high quality hyper milers but for some reason we are not offered these cars.
I have been wondering why we can’t have more cars based in Europe; they have been doing the small high MPG cars for a long time. They do have a few cars that I’m glad we don’t have the Reva G-WIZ if you have not seen it it’s a great laugh.
ReplyDeleteThey do have some great compact and fuel efficient cars over there. I was actually surprised when I was over there how many different cars they drive that I had never seen before. In addition to being fuel efficient and all that, a lot of them are pretty sweet looking too!
ReplyDeleteI just can't figure out why all the people in Europe don't speak American.
ReplyDeleteThat car does sound intriguing but I prefer a SSC Ultimate Aero TT anyday =D
ReplyDeleteIt's unfortunate that in America we are overly worried about how many 'safe' features we can put into a car instead of looking at it logically...why in the world are we passing up 60-70 mpg??
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